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- Sat 01 Apr, 2006 7:20 pm
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: Open Mitres
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17168
I started getting a similar problem, but only on hardwood moulding. It took ages to figure it out and was really driving me nuts. Eventually after a long time, I finally worked out what was happening. Mine's a Morso model F, vintage 1995 and has the aluminium vernier measurement system, but over tim...
- Sat 01 Apr, 2006 7:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Composition of Gummed Tape
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7735
I see quite a lot of old frames on a regular basis in my workshop, sometimes bits of the frame have been chewed by the odd rat or insects. This has on occassions included the gesso decorations. Funny how they never go for the gummed tape. I suspect if it had anything edible in the adhesive something...
- Fri 31 Mar, 2006 8:28 pm
- Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Topic: cricket bat
- Replies: 12
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I had to frame an engraved regimental dress dagger last year where the customer did not want to see any visible signs of supports and I also put a mirror behind to view the engraving on the reverse side too! Fortunately, the dagger had a small round projection right on the end of the handle, so I wa...
- Thu 30 Mar, 2006 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Ideal Backing Tape
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20760
I use gummed paper tape all the time, with one of the dispensers that Lion sells, it is just as quick as self adhesive, better IMHO and afraction of the cost. The only disadvantages are that it won't stick to waterproof backings and some mouldings need sanding before it will stick to them too. Hi j...
- Thu 30 Mar, 2006 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Box board suitable as barrier paper? To good to be true?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 28200
I made some phone calls today and got some more specific answers about box board today. First, the distributor I spoke to originally says, yes you can use box board as a barrier paper, but it does not officially comply with fine art trade guild standards as it is not manufactured specifically to do ...
- Thu 30 Mar, 2006 7:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Box board suitable as barrier paper? To good to be true?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 28200
Hi John, Why brown? Well, I was thinking more about the fact that the vegetable dyed surface paper over time can fade to grey and looks just like grey board, which looks rather cheap and nasty. A first sight a faded grey board could suggest to others that it is not a quality framing job. The custome...
- Thu 30 Mar, 2006 7:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Box board suitable as barrier paper? To good to be true?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 28200
- Wed 29 Mar, 2006 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Box board suitable as barrier paper? To good to be true?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 28200
Box board suitable as barrier paper? To good to be true?
Hi All, This week I spoke to a member of staff at well known U.K. framing materials distributor, who during the course of the conversation told me that box board is ideal as a barrier paper and will remain nuetral pH more or less indefinately due to the substantial quantity of china clay contained i...
- Wed 29 Mar, 2006 7:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Ideal Backing Tape
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20760
I've never had any problems with the gummed brown tape not staying stuck. This may be due to the fact that I let it stand for a minuite or two while it gets good and sticky. I must admit that I've never used it on plastic mouldings, I just don't like plastic mouldings anyway! The funny thing with th...
- Mon 27 Mar, 2006 9:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Ideal Backing Tape
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20760
The Ideal Backing Tape
Hi All, I've never felt 100% happy with any of the backing tapes I've used. For a long time I used the Kikisui tape sold by Lion as their "K" tape and liked it very much. I was also very pleased when some time ago Lion made it available in the 75mm width too. Then while a couple of custome...
- Sun 26 Mar, 2006 10:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New kid on the block says Hi.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6162
Restoration work was a major part of the work I had to do when I used to work as a bookbinder. Suprisingly, no one ever wanted to pay what it cost to do it when I was bookbinding, but now the money side is usually much less of a problem. In case you are wondering, I get the mono-filament from Empres...
- Sun 26 Mar, 2006 8:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New kid on the block says Hi.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6162
Hi John, Thanks for the welcome. I often take on jobs like hand finished antique style frames with multiple stacked mouldings, framing things which are about to fall apart with age and anything which I fancy doing just to show off a bit. I'll probably grow out of it one day and only do sensible thin...
- Sun 26 Mar, 2006 4:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New kid on the block says Hi.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6162
New kid on the block says Hi.
Hi Everybody, I just thought I would introduce myself. I'm Mark, based in South Devon. My forum name is "Not your average framer" mostly because I'm willing to do lots of jobs that others have the sense to avoid. Also as you get to know me, I have a crazy sense of humour too! My original c...