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by Not your average framer
Fri 22 Sep, 2006 7:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Electroluminescent Lighting
Replies: 5
Views: 3473

Sounds interested, but has anyone checked up on the spectra of the emitted light to make sure it is safe with art. Apart from that, it sounds almost to good to be true!
Cheers,
Mark
by Not your average framer
Mon 18 Sep, 2006 8:44 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: offcut storage
Replies: 8
Views: 7200

Offcuts. Recently, I've tried to make moulding offcuts into frames as I produce them, while the morso and underpinner are still set for that moulding. I decide what to do with them later, which can be putting them in the window, offering them to local artists, etc., or selling them in job lots at an...
by Not your average framer
Sun 10 Sep, 2006 6:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Insurance framing work
Replies: 14
Views: 8179

Hi Gerry, (Ofcourse others may answer too!) I already had a quick look inside the three frames on friday night before going home. Since then I have been thinking about the implications of what I've found and would appreciate your comments. 1. Often when undertaking repairs where the glass is particu...
by Not your average framer
Sat 09 Sep, 2006 9:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: State Visit
Replies: 11
Views: 6008

Hi, I've just got back home after being to a wedding, where my wife and I were much admiring an amazing wedding dress and bridesmaids dresses. My wife was thinking one thing, but I was thinking double mounts with antique white top mount and burgundy satin covered undermount. Sad ain't I! As it happe...
by Not your average framer
Fri 08 Sep, 2006 10:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Insurance framing work
Replies: 14
Views: 8179

Thank Gerry, I've already told the company that I expect them to handle all contact with the insurance company concerned and the owner. As far as I am concerned, it's is impossible to be even handed if you have to be piggy in the middle. I also feel that I must maintain a degree of isolation and ind...
by Not your average framer
Fri 08 Sep, 2006 8:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Insurance framing work
Replies: 14
Views: 8179

Hi again, Two of the ladies who manage the company asked if it would be o.k. to visit me today, apparently just to look around, but they arrived with three flood damaged pictures for me to quote for cleaning / repair. As it turned out things are far less complicated than I had expected and I'm about...
by Not your average framer
Thu 07 Sep, 2006 9:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Insurance framing work
Replies: 14
Views: 8179

Thanks John, Yes, I am very well insured indeed. I have a shop & salon policy with Norwich Union which is a very well suited and extremely comprehensive package, my goods held in trust cover is massive, from memory it's about £2M. I also will very carefully cover myself with specific terms and c...
by Not your average framer
Thu 07 Sep, 2006 8:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Insurance framing work
Replies: 14
Views: 8179

Insurance framing work

Hi, I've been contacted by a major company to see I am interested in undertaking regular cleaning, restoration and repair work for them. Their clients are major insurance companies, who engage them to clean, repair, re-decorate, etc., after accidents such as fires, floods, similar claim situations. ...
by Not your average framer
Wed 06 Sep, 2006 9:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: State Visit
Replies: 11
Views: 6008

Anyone know a good source of thin leatherette, or even real (thin) leather? NYAF? - ex bookbinder! Hi John, Russell Bookcrafts already mentioned by another reply - I once bought from them some incredibly thin calf leather (looks like suede), which they said was used for restoring old pipe organs - ...
by Not your average framer
Wed 06 Sep, 2006 8:27 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: Omnicrom
Replies: 0
Views: 2377

Omnicrom

A very useful product called "Omnicrom". It's marketed by by Letraset and when placed against laser printing on paper in a dry-mounting press it enables you to turn your normal laser printed black printing into metalic gold or other metalic colours. Looks great for text in title boxes for ...
by Not your average framer
Mon 28 Aug, 2006 8:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Backing Board for use in a hotpress
Replies: 8
Views: 5409

Various framing suppliers stock a board known as white liner board, which has a grey board core and is faced on both sides with a layer of china clay loaded white paper. It is very smooth and is normally completely free of orange peel effects. However I would not be suprised if there are various gra...
by Not your average framer
Sat 12 Aug, 2006 8:57 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: The Picture Framer's Forum
Replies: 2
Views: 4860

Ever heard of syncronisity? 28 framers all suddenly wake from sleep with only one thought it mind - I must log-on to the forum! Or perhaps it they weren't really wake, but sleepwalking instead with that subconscious desire - I must log-on to the forum! Or maybe it was a conspirancy to confuse the re...
by Not your average framer
Mon 07 Aug, 2006 7:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you believe these are oil paintings?
Replies: 7
Views: 5196

I am yet to encounter a customer who has paid a large sum for one of these and I do tactfully tell my customers what they've bought, without rubbing their noses in it, so to speak. However, in general they still want it framed and one or two of these customers have become regulars.
Cheers,
Mark
by Not your average framer
Sun 06 Aug, 2006 9:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you believe these are oil paintings?
Replies: 7
Views: 5196

The company who gave me my original training as a framer sells quite good quantities of these imported oils. I was told that the original directors of the company used to travel to Hong Kong or Taiwan and buy them direct from the factory. Apparently, it's quite a mechanised process, the base-coat co...
by Not your average framer
Sun 06 Aug, 2006 9:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Posting images
Replies: 4
Views: 3397

Thanks Guys,

I hope to try it out shortly, but probably not for a week or two. I have some very urgent paperwork, etc., to do first.
Thanks,
Mark
by Not your average framer
Sat 05 Aug, 2006 9:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Posting images
Replies: 4
Views: 3397

Posting images

Can someone advise me about how to post images. Also is there a image size, resolution or file type requirement? Do I need to post in HTML?
Cheers,
Mark
by Not your average framer
Sat 05 Aug, 2006 8:26 am
Forum: Adverts/Sales/Wants
Topic: Paper wrapped wood spacer 14'000 Metres UPDATED 7th December
Replies: 6
Views: 9226

They are fillets or spacers finished with a paper covering and used for fitting behind the glass in box frames, etc. They are also available from Rose & Holis - see their finished mouldings catalogue back page. I find them quite useful at times, but 14,000 metres is rather too much for me. I'm a...
by Not your average framer
Fri 04 Aug, 2006 10:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help on faulty Ademco 2226 dry mounting press
Replies: 16
Views: 13993

O.K. Andy, This is what I am thinking, what it means and what I am suggesting needs to be done. If I am understanding this correctly the RCD is tripping out, but the other trips remain un-affected. As I would normally expect all the other trips to be connected through the RCD trip which has a higher...
by Not your average framer
Thu 03 Aug, 2006 10:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help on faulty Ademco 2226 dry mounting press
Replies: 16
Views: 13993

Hi Andy, Yes, it does help. Can I assume it is the RCD trip which is tripping out and not any of the other lower current trips? If so it seems very likely that the fault is excess leakage current from live to earth caused by dampness within the mineral insulation around the element, which is circula...
by Not your average framer
Thu 03 Aug, 2006 7:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help on faulty Ademco 2226 dry mounting press
Replies: 16
Views: 13993

Andy, As you probably have already seen, the heating element is a long thin circular section like a longer version of an electric kettle element. The centre conductor inside this is the actual heater wire (be careful it also can break if bent). This conductor probably if measured would show a resist...