Do you mean bowing outwards at the back?
If so they are too tight in the frame. A big piece of board will expand a lot with any increase in humidity.
If you mounted them on 'grey' board that is asking for trouble unfortunately.
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- Fri 11 Apr, 2008 1:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: drymounting
- Replies: 33
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- Fri 11 Apr, 2008 1:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Picture Framing on You Tube
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8742
- Fri 11 Apr, 2008 1:10 pm
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: You can't be serious!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9600
- Fri 11 Apr, 2008 9:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Garage Workshop
- Replies: 75
- Views: 46800
- Fri 11 Apr, 2008 12:31 am
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: offset corners
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Heres one I did much earlier. I think this came out of same book. http://www.petrbnsfineart.com/images/mauntsample001.jpg Excuse the bit missing and wonky lines. It has come unstuck in places though handling. No whitecore when I did it either. Now that one is mind-boggling. More useful for demonstra...
- Fri 11 Apr, 2008 12:14 am
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: offset corners
- Replies: 4
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Hi Fionnuala. :D I think I know whay you mean. Prob is, this sort of thing is near impossible to explain without actually demonstrating it on an actual mountcutter. :? But it's not difficult. Slightly tedious, perhaps. You have to concentrate. The more complex the corner, the trickier it is to visua...
- Thu 10 Apr, 2008 4:03 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: Jokes
- Replies: 141
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Two 'young executives', Roger and Henry, are in a in a wine bar. They are having a quiet drink and swapping a few stories. Suddenly Roger hears a beeping noise and Henry puts his hand to the side of his face and starts talking. When he is finished talking he sees his friend looking puzzled and says,...
- Thu 10 Apr, 2008 3:44 pm
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: A Nightmare on Oak St.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8415
- Thu 10 Apr, 2008 9:49 am
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: Nailed mitres
- Replies: 24
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Re: Nailed mitres
A bit of an obvious one when you think about it, but I only thought about it when I first saw a frame done like it some years ago. When you have to nail mitres, if you only do it from below the bottom corners and above the top corners, then there are no nail holes to fill on the sides and therefore...
- Thu 10 Apr, 2008 9:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: mounting a watercolour done on board
- Replies: 19
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Surround the whole board. Makes the whole thing neater. If everything is level at the back. You are using what is basically scrap anyway. :wink: I tend to put the strips round without sticking the painting down first. Then attach the painting to the strips with a short bit of tape on each side. easi...
- Thu 10 Apr, 2008 3:44 am
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: Framing Silk Paintings
- Replies: 23
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I just got around to trying the Newberry method today. The silks only had about 15mm border max and I needed about 5mm showing. This meant only a tiny amount to fold under the foamcore which didn't really give it a chance to grip. And the cutout in the foamcore was only about 3mm inside the mount wi...
- Thu 10 Apr, 2008 1:29 am
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: Nasty Hinging
- Replies: 2
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Goto No.1 and stop. The tape is unknown to me. Pressure sensitive. It looks like the type of stuff better suited to hinging mount to backing or wrapping bevels. Whats more, there appears to be two layers. :? Fortunately who ever mounted it left far too wide a margin around the image so The bumps wil...
- Thu 10 Apr, 2008 1:11 am
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: Nailed mitres
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9263
Re: Nailed mitres
Don't we all.Roboframer wrote:
I have vices though!
Eating pot-noodles in bed is one I'll admit to.....
- Thu 10 Apr, 2008 1:04 am
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: Jokes
- Replies: 141
- Views: 68974
- Thu 10 Apr, 2008 12:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why so few moulding profiles in oak?
- Replies: 15
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Ditto with knobs on. :cry: It might be worth checking local timber merchants/furniture makers as some firms have a guy who is sh*t-hot on mouldings. And they usually have stocks of oak/ash. (Not obeche unfortunately). And they will generally run you up and odd length or two if you ask nicely. My loc...
- Thu 10 Apr, 2008 12:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: mounting a watercolour done on board
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4181
- Wed 09 Apr, 2008 4:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Garage Workshop
- Replies: 75
- Views: 46800
- Tue 08 Apr, 2008 11:22 pm
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: Mark-up for Aluminium frames.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12566
- Tue 08 Apr, 2008 9:25 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: What's Another Year?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 17095
- Tue 08 Apr, 2008 6:45 pm
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: Barrier board/undermount
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3061