Design and Measuring for Picture Framing

• Simplify the measuring process by planning ahead!
• Choosing colors for matting and framing.
• When you should use a wider bottom border on your mat and why.
   

How to Cut a Basic Single Beveled Mat

• Your first objective in mat cutting (not what you think).
• A little known but critical fact about matboard.
• Blade depth control and the mistaken paradigm shift.
   

How to Conquer Common Mat Cutting Problems

• The root cause of over cuts and the technique that will conquer them - for good.
• The culprit behind wavy bevels.  How to diagnose the problem and get perfect beveled edges.
• How to eliminate patchy cut-thrus and clean up rough edges.
   

The Framer's Technique for a Perfectly Aligned Double Mat

• A technique so fast, accurate and drop dead simple, you'll opt for double mats all the time.
• A golden opportunity to finally rid yourself of over cuts.

Easy, Affordable Frame Making for Everyone

• Accurate miter cutting of picture frame moulding.
• Sanding to true the miters, and joining the frame using an inexpensive, easy-to-use V-Nail joiner.
• Working with custom sectional frames for quick, hassle-free framing.

Options for Mounting Your Artwork

• A little known method of coating artwork with adhesive for mounting that is easy, clean and cost effective.
• Proper techniques for using tape to mount artwork to prevent wrinkles and insure long life.
• Trapping techniques that are surprisingly simple and inexpensive and provide the highest level of conservation for the artwork.

Glazing using glass or Plexiglass

• Glass versus Plexiglass: the pros and cons of each and when one is recommended over the other.
• How to clean glass to prevent lint and dust from driving you crazy.
   

How to Attach a Paper Dust Cover

• The professional's secret for getting the dust cover on the back of your frame tight as a drum and trimmed neatly to the edges.

Securing the Contents and Hanging the Frame

• Options for securing the contents of the frame and what to do when the stack is thicker than the frame is deep.
• The new style of hanging and the hardware necessary to do it.