To date I've mostly avoided using foam core for deep bevel mounts and used suitable wrapped plain wood mouldings with an additional mount between this and the item being framed. The reason for this has been the fact I can burnish the tape down on to the bevel and know that it will stay stuck and not affect the appearance at a later date.
Obviously the foam core is very soft and would not stand up to this, but would become concave if the tape is rubbed down to any significant extent. Since it would save money by switching to foam core, I thought I would ask if others have encountered any such problems and if so how they have solved them.
Sticking deep bevel tapes to foam core bevels
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Roboframer
Well there are artcare bevelled accents in, what, 20 colours? Each to match surface papers from the artcare range plus some 'silks'. But they ain't cheap, you're paying for convenience.
I've tried making my own both with surface papers peeled from artcare boards and with fabrics with varying degrees of success, but unless I'm going to take time out to make a nice batch of each colour, doing it per job is a pain and if charging realistically they would have to end up dearer even than the bevelled accents, which I really like.
Rather than burnish onto the bevel, try adhering to the top, allow to go off and then adhering to the bottom and pulling it taut across the bevel, which may be glued or dry, both work.
This is for doing it in strips, as per bevelled accents, if wrapping a window mount, that's another story and I'd not tackle that with paper. Fabric - that's different! A double mount, with the inner or outer extra thick, wrapped in one go, is stunning!
(Edit - Ahh tapes - missed that bit, sorry! Self adhesive ones? Well you can't 'stretch' those across the bevel - dunno - how about pressing the bevel onto the tape first and then wrapping it around?)
I've tried making my own both with surface papers peeled from artcare boards and with fabrics with varying degrees of success, but unless I'm going to take time out to make a nice batch of each colour, doing it per job is a pain and if charging realistically they would have to end up dearer even than the bevelled accents, which I really like.
Rather than burnish onto the bevel, try adhering to the top, allow to go off and then adhering to the bottom and pulling it taut across the bevel, which may be glued or dry, both work.
This is for doing it in strips, as per bevelled accents, if wrapping a window mount, that's another story and I'd not tackle that with paper. Fabric - that's different! A double mount, with the inner or outer extra thick, wrapped in one go, is stunning!
(Edit - Ahh tapes - missed that bit, sorry! Self adhesive ones? Well you can't 'stretch' those across the bevel - dunno - how about pressing the bevel onto the tape first and then wrapping it around?)
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Hi John,
It's quite quick and easy with a plain wood moulding, I just tape it, cut it on the morso and join it on the underpinner. Unfortunately, it costs more for the moulding, but requires no practice at all to get a perfect result.
In veiw of all the hype about foam core bevel edged strips, I figure there must be a way of getting a really good easy result that does not lift away from the bevel. I've tried it all ways and still ain't got there.
I was rather interested in what you said about wraping a double mount in one go and would like to hear about the method you use. I fancy giving it a try to see how it looks.
Cheers,
Mark
It's quite quick and easy with a plain wood moulding, I just tape it, cut it on the morso and join it on the underpinner. Unfortunately, it costs more for the moulding, but requires no practice at all to get a perfect result.
In veiw of all the hype about foam core bevel edged strips, I figure there must be a way of getting a really good easy result that does not lift away from the bevel. I've tried it all ways and still ain't got there.
I was rather interested in what you said about wraping a double mount in one go and would like to hear about the method you use. I fancy giving it a try to see how it looks.
Cheers,
Mark
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Roboframer
I attended Baer Charlton's fabric wrapping class in the U.S. last August and I could not detail the procedure for the above - it's definitely something you have to E.D.I.P. (Explain, Demonstrate, Imitate, Practice).
But I returned with his (signed) DVD which I have not even had time to watch yet.
All I managed to do with my newly learned skills was make a few corner samples and a few trial mounts. Then my framer's knee went and now anything above turning long bits of wood into square ones and making holes in posh cardboard stresses me out!
He also covered fabric wrapping mouldings - for slips usually, dunno if the DVD does that too - probably! But you wrap each length after mitreing and wrap the ends as well, the result simply knocks spots off wrapping a length and then mitreing it.
There's flexible fabric fillets (mount slips) too - pure sex! You can't put awooden slip around an arched mount (with or without 'shoulders')
I'm sure you could order the DVD via his website on TFG - but wait 'til I've watched it - I'll let you know if it's worth the shipping and import tax - guessing definitely!
But I returned with his (signed) DVD which I have not even had time to watch yet.
All I managed to do with my newly learned skills was make a few corner samples and a few trial mounts. Then my framer's knee went and now anything above turning long bits of wood into square ones and making holes in posh cardboard stresses me out!
He also covered fabric wrapping mouldings - for slips usually, dunno if the DVD does that too - probably! But you wrap each length after mitreing and wrap the ends as well, the result simply knocks spots off wrapping a length and then mitreing it.
There's flexible fabric fillets (mount slips) too - pure sex! You can't put awooden slip around an arched mount (with or without 'shoulders')
I'm sure you could order the DVD via his website on TFG - but wait 'til I've watched it - I'll let you know if it's worth the shipping and import tax - guessing definitely!
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John,
I'll can tell you another thing that looks the business for wrapping mounts. Have you ever tried crepe paper? If you do it in a heated press and use the fall out to shape the paper onto the bevel edges, it looks great. The crepe paper has loads of give and follows the bevel perfectly. Mind you, I don't suppose that crepe paper is likely to be acid or lignin free and I bet it's not fade or bleed resistant either.
I'll can tell you another thing that looks the business for wrapping mounts. Have you ever tried crepe paper? If you do it in a heated press and use the fall out to shape the paper onto the bevel edges, it looks great. The crepe paper has loads of give and follows the bevel perfectly. Mind you, I don't suppose that crepe paper is likely to be acid or lignin free and I bet it's not fade or bleed resistant either.