Best method to mount this .....

[StevenG]

I've had this in since the start of the month and I reckon I'll get it done now,it's about 970x970, sags a bit and anyway they want it framed - the customer said she doesn't mind if I staple it onto something!!!! But I'd like to try something a bit less severe. It's too big to sew onto mountboard/foamboard so I was thinking about using something like that corrugated plastic stuff I've seen sign makers use - cover that will a nice material, sew onto that and just frame it as normal.

Any ideas guys??

Cheers

[prospero]

10mm foamcore and a tag gun?

[Roboframer]

I wasn't sure if my tag gun, with the longest tags I have, would do 10mm foam board but it does, well, two bits of 5mm foam board - but that's without the fabric so I think it would be better to tag/stitch to 5mm foam board and then bond another piece to it.

Another idea is to sew extensions on and stretch it by pinning to foam board and then finish with a few tags here and there.

[prospero]

Another way would be to stretch a piece of raw canvas over stretcher bars and tag it to that. About 2" bigger all round than the thing so the tags don't hit the bars. That's a good stable flat surface and not heavy. You would have to cover the margins, but you'll need a thick spacer anyway, so a wide wooden slip would be good. Rose&Hollis do a 70mm wide flat with a bevel (and a similar one with a coved edge) which you can easily rip down to width. Join it, paint it, done. It's about 8mm thick so plenty of clearance. You do need to space the glass off this slip if it's painted, but I find narrow strips of 2-ply board do the trick. If you need more clearance you can make a thicker blind spacer.

[StevenG]

Cheers guys, some good ideas there actually. What would be the best way to bond some fabric to foam board? I've used a spray adhesive in the past to put down some carpet tiles and they'll never come off. I'd be concerned about the adhesive soaking through the material leaving it looking ruined.


But I like the idea of stretching something over larger bars and attaching it to that. Food for thought

[Roboframer]

Diluted builders PVA (as per instructions but 15-20% I think, depending on the fabric) but you may find it'll bow the board. It won't soak through as long as you leave it go off enough, needs to be just tacky.

[StevenG]

Excellent! Great tips master turner

Err, what's the difference in 'normal' PVA and builders?

[Roboframer]

Regards its chemical compound/properties, no idea, but 'normal' PVA comes in a poncey tube for girls and builders PVA comes in a big sod-off bucket.

[Tudor Rose]

[prospero]

Err, what's the difference in 'normal' PVA and builders?

Builders are usually big hairy geezers and PVA is runny stuff in a bottle.

[StevenG]

Hah!! very good

I'll just set them up - you nod them in