The Framers Forum

Thank you all for your help, very interesting and some reassuring points. I will be experimenting with different methods/tweaks to see which I prefer over the long term I think. I will of course continue to annoy and ask lots of questions.

It seems there's not often a perfect solution for ...

Thin card? That’s not a normal thing for prints, maybe it being less absorptive than most usual papers doesn’t help??

How about not using any hinges at all? There’s the platform mount, edge mounting strips etc.

Platform mount

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In the ...

The one tight hing is an anchor point the loose hinge allows expansion and contraction, I usually have 15 to 20 mm of loose tape.

I find that foam board in-between your under mount and back board helps a lot with problematic hanging areas, it protects from moisture and heat (cold) transfer, I use ...

This is phenomenal! What a great result. Totally worth the pain I reckon!

Perhaps I have found the culprit. I opened it up and unstuck the artwork, which did indeed have vertical ripples. After an hour or so, it just about returned to it's normal flat shape without much intervention.

I think the problem may have been that my hinges were too tight (and possibly over-wet ...

Thanks for replying!

Interesting. I have looked at the backboard from reverse and it looks level to me. Leading to one question (does it matter which direction the fluting of backboard sits in a frame?)

I do remember one thing I did (which possibly could be the culprit), the rear mountboard that ...

Hi there, I'm fairly new to framing and hoping for some advice!

I framed an a2-ish print on thin card around 10 months ago. Prior to framing, it was never rolled and was kept flat.

I used a reasonable sized window mount. The print was t-hinged with gum tape to the back mountboard. I used art-back ...

Hi there, I am interested in taking up some picture framing. Just as a hobby at this stage.

I'm after some equipment to get me going. I'm mostly after a 40" mount cutter, underpinner, point driver and perhaps a mitre-saw.

As I'm just starting out (and am limited by space), I'm not currently ...