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Why no frame, what will they do with it once mounted?

Can you post a photo?

If you want to fix a magnet to a board, it doesn’t really matter what you fix it on with, only the magnet itself touches the artwork. You’ll need a few I should imagine and the ones on top would be very conspicuous.

Keep them in the packaging they came in, just slit it down one side. I had an area for these, along with jumbo foam board from Nielsen which came in a box, plus loose jumbo boards from Larson Juhl. Boxed glass would lean against it all and sheets of jumbo mount board could just slide in between the ...

I know Llandod (that’s how Llandrindod Wells is known locally) fairly well, I used to attend a reunion in the metropole hotel there every Easter. That building was the National cycle museum, I was a keen cyclist and would have been very interested. I’d never heard of it and it never caught my eye. D...

Mirrors are best not hung with cord/wire (or whatever a “cable” is!) due to it tipping forward.

If you must use that then please use TWO wall hooks, with the angles between them and the frame hangers at sixty degrees.

This should apply to most frames

Here’s why

I’d try starch paste but possibly also use an extra fine sandpaper at the hingeing points to give it some help - as long as that’s not classed as changing the condition etc.

Medullary rays. They can be quite desirable on some furniture items, doors etc but quite distracting on frames. Nothing much you can do about it bar request avoidance when ordering

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I used AR70 as soon as it came out, it got a bit confusing with different suppliers giving different names to it though “Clarity by Larson Juhl” etc. When they brought out the con clear and museum equivalents with Artglass 99 and UV 99, which met the ISO for conservation glass, artglass was all I us...

The mess is from the glue dripping joints as I rotate them on the bench which supports the frame while underpinning. . Maybe you need to do things differently, I hope you’re not glueing the ends of each length before you start joining; that’s how it sounds, although for production, you could. Grab ...

I don’t know about better joins, I spent three or four grand on an underpinner and if that didn’t give perfect results I’d have sent it back! I already knew it would before I bought it though. There were always problematic mouldings of course but I still never glued, clamped, allowed to dry before p...

It could he paper and coatings that you have nothing to do with - reacting differently to each other to a certain condition which you have no control over, in which case nothing but sticking it down will work really. With glossy things the slightest wave is emphasised. I’d try a platform mount first...

I wouldn’t say it’s better at all. It’s different and it’s a good idea being a member of both forums. TFG is far bigger and busier but then it’s based in the US, but it’s also more proactive - themes change with seasons, holidays, etc. it has many donators, including me. it’s social sub forum “warpe...

It’s happened before, this time around was mentioned the other week. I don’t think it’s anything sinister.

Tudor Rose wrote: ↑Mon 24 Feb, 2025 1:38 pm ..... ** more accurate to say "not many people choose to do this in the UK" maybe?

I probably should have put "Nobody" in inverted commas.

Have a nice day.

If you’ve ever peeled the surface off these fabric boards you’ll know it’s extremely flimsy stuff. If you covered a board with normal fabrics and cut an aperture through that, the corners may not be too clever. Fabric wrapping already cut mounts is different - nobody does it in UK but it’s a big thi...

Securing the back is also a good idea and I use 3 mm acrylic with a few small air holes drilled in to promote good air circulation. Why acrylic ? Backing gives protection from dust and insects, drilling holes in it writes that protection off. Air can permeate anything besides glass and metal anyway...

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I'm surprised - its had 700 views and no one has said "Welcome" :?: I thought we were proud to be a friendly bunch :giggle: Or told Gary to check out The Grumble as more likely to not only greet him, but a better source of info for a Canadian. https://www.thegrumble.com/ It’s not had 700 ...

Yes it needs spacing and being in a public place, acrylic may be a good idea, more for anti- vandalism than safety. but if uv and optically coated then very expensive, but I’d offer it first anyway. I’d also suggest if being protected by glazing, to skip the re-varnishing! The back must be sealed as...