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Klucel G.
Anyone actually used it recently and can offer some tips tricks dos n don'ts? I've read what's on the grumble and now want to chat with someone who is a frequent user. Is there such a thing? I have a customer waiting for the piece, so need to get my skates on n do some intensive practice. Anyone wit...
- Wed 01 Nov, 2023 5:34 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: hanging fittings
- Replies: 5
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- Wed 01 Nov, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: hanging fittings
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4297
- Wed 01 Nov, 2023 2:36 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Web site
- Replies: 11
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Re: Web site
I can also recommend Livingetc magazine.
- Wed 01 Nov, 2023 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: To chop or not to chop
- Replies: 8
- Views: 32470
Re: To chop or not to chop
Incidentally, with regards to price of jobs, I have just done a few comparisons between length and chop on the framiac software. Once wastage for length is added (mine was set at 50%(!) by default) prices are very similar. Obviously profit is lower as there is less labour factored in, but helps the ...
- Wed 01 Nov, 2023 1:55 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Drymounting oil pastels
- Replies: 8
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Re: Drymounting oil pastels
@Fran When you say that it is supported on grey board, can it safely be removed from that board? That would be a good start imo. If she insists on dry mounting then I would 100% have her sign a disclaimer.
- Wed 01 Nov, 2023 11:03 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: first floating/box frame
- Replies: 5
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Re: first floating/box frame
Hedgehog here too. I used pass through hinges for ages until one valuable piece cockled so badly. If done properly hedgehog is quick and very easy compared to pass through.
- Wed 01 Nov, 2023 10:57 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: Drymounting oil pastels
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14402
Re: Drymounting oil pastels
It may depend on the heat that the particular brand of tissue you use requires, but I would comfortably say no. My hotpress runs at 92o for mounting, so it' is going to melt anything oil/wax based! @atomgallery If the process and implications are explained fully to the customer and they make an info...
- Wed 01 Nov, 2023 10:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: To chop or not to chop
- Replies: 8
- Views: 32470
Re: To chop or not to chop
I agree, I've been working on this premise for a while now. It's purely down to cost of goods incl delivery. Some suppliers have added a separate chop delivery cost recently, whereas I used to be able to add a chop to a length order and only pay one delivery charge. Yesterday a 2.8m chop incl delive...
- Mon 30 Oct, 2023 6:11 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Web site
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11201
Re: Web site
always enjoy your feed! Website update is great.
- Sun 29 Oct, 2023 9:49 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: First OS map coming in tomorrow....
- Replies: 6
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Re: First OS map coming in tomorrow....
Just DO NOT vacuum press those bespoke OS Maps, they're disublimated(?) rather than inkjet and so any heat blurs the image. They can be mounted with a cold roller press though. I use a local signage/display company to mount work like this or if it's too big for my hotpress. If you do ever need to mo...
- Sat 28 Oct, 2023 10:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you photograph your finished frames? If so, do you publish them?
- Replies: 22
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Re: Do you photograph your finished frames? If so, do you publish them?
My advice would be get your business Facebook and Instagram pages setup soon. Then register your business with Google and place it on Google Maps. It can take 3 months for fb insta and your website to get listed properly on Google searches so the sooner the better. Get a website home page up asap, w...
- Sat 28 Oct, 2023 9:00 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: working with thin mouldings
- Replies: 19
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Re: working with thin mouldings
Yes of course, it was the idea of hangers on 8mm that I was referring to.
- Sat 28 Oct, 2023 3:08 pm
- Forum: Business Matters
- Topic: Moulding chevron sample sizes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10759
Re: Moulding chevron sample sizes
Are you open again Mark?
- Sat 28 Oct, 2023 2:21 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: working with thin mouldings
- Replies: 19
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Re: working with thin mouldings
No I'd not be happy hanging a 50x70 piece from the backboard.
- Fri 27 Oct, 2023 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you photograph your finished frames? If so, do you publish them?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 247381
Re: Do you photograph your finished frames? If so, do you publish them?
What they all said! And yes the black mountboard is an excellent trick, I've used it a few times at an angle, I'll have to give the pinhole idea a go now. Feedback is essential in my view. If you do Insta, you get followed by loads of other framers as well. It's really encouraging when you get some ...
- Fri 27 Oct, 2023 4:37 pm
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: working with thin mouldings
- Replies: 19
- Views: 81949
Re: working with thin mouldings
HI Jerome, can you recommend suitable hangers for an 8mm frame? I struggle to find any hangers for the vertical that don't show at the sides.
- Fri 27 Oct, 2023 11:01 am
- Forum: Help!
- Topic: working with thin mouldings
- Replies: 19
- Views: 81949
Re: working with thin mouldings
I only use the size of frame for small pieces with a sawtooth hanger at the top. It is really the weight of the glass that is the issue. I have had a number of skinny framed pieces in for reframing over the years. The issue being that as the bottom rail sags, it exposes the bottom of the glass and p...
- Fri 27 Oct, 2023 10:40 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hi from Atom Gallery
- Replies: 5
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Re: Hi from Atom Gallery
Hey Mark, just to keep you up with the industry. New mountboard standards are being introduced by the manufacturers through much consulting with the Fine Art Trade Guild over the last few years. The old standards were Cotton Museum, Conservation, White Core, Standard/Cream Core. The new levels are k...
- Wed 25 Oct, 2023 10:33 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hi from Atom Gallery
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10016
Re: Hi from Atom Gallery
Hi Mark,
Welcome to the forum.
I follow your gallery on insta and receive your emailouts. How's business in prints this year?
Don't be put off by how quite it is here at the moment, just dodge the tumbleweed! Plenty of people here to answer questions when the spirit moves them.
Welcome to the forum.
I follow your gallery on insta and receive your emailouts. How's business in prints this year?
Don't be put off by how quite it is here at the moment, just dodge the tumbleweed! Plenty of people here to answer questions when the spirit moves them.