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How to Picture Frame
A Nine Step Tutorial
Step
Nine: Loading and Finishing
Your Frame
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Once
the frame is assembled, you will turn your attention back to the various
components that will go into it. At
this point in the game you have a piece of foamboard cut to your frame
size, artwork (either mounted to the foamboard
or mounted to your window mat); a window mat cut to your frame size; and acrylic
or glass cut to your frame size. Place the window mat over the
artwork and foamboard backing (Figure 1). Place the acrylic or
glass over the mat (Figure 2). Turn the stack over and place it in
the frame (Figure 3). After securing the stack in the frame, turn
the framed artwork over (Figure 4).
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If the stack drops all the way down into the recess, you will hold it in
place by using metal tabs called points.
These points can be entered using a point pusher, point squeezer
or (best of all) a
point driver (Figure 1).
For more
on the differences between point driving tools click here. If
the stack is too thick for the recess and sits above the back of the
frame, you can hold it in place by using metal brackets called
off-set
clips (Figure 2).
If
you have a metal frame simply slide the stack in from the open end, like
sliding in a drawer, and then assemble the last section of the frame.
Once the stack is secured in the frame, you may wish to cover the
back of the frame with a
paper dust cover. This is
done by cutting out a sheet of
Kraft paper
or
Acid Free Frame Backing Paper, rolling out adhesive on the back of
the frame, pressing the
paper down on the adhesive and trimming the paper to the perimeter edge
of the frame with a
dust
cover trimmer (Figure 3).
The
Framing4Yourself Dust Cover Kit gives you everything you need to
attach a dust cover, including instructions.
The
last step in the process is to attach the hanging hardware.
You will use a strap-hanger on each side of the frame to tie the wire
to. A strap hanger
is a metal tab
with a D-shaped loop at the end. It
can be screwed into the back of a wood frame with a self-tapping wood
screw (included).
To finish framing, tie the
picture framing wire
to the D-rings by
coiling it around itself five or six times (Figure 4). The
Framing4Yourself Frame
Finish-Up Kit provides all the essential hardware to complete your
frame job and hang it. Your matted and framed artwork is finished
and ready to hang.
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Click
on a link below to Enter the Article Vault and Access Articles About Loading and Finishing:
Preparing
the Artwork Sandwich
How
to Get Mat, Glass, Backing and Art into the Frame
Exploring
Options in Point Drivers
How
to Hang a Large, Heavy Frame
Hanging
and Arranging Framed Artwork
Framing4Yourself Workshops give you hands-on instruction in loading and
finishing your frame. To find a workshop location near you, click
the link below:
Framing4Yourself Workshops
Click
on a link below to Find Products For Loading and Finishing:
FrameMaster
Point Driver
Logan Frame Fitting
Tool
PushMate
Point Pusher
ATG
Adhesive Transfer Tape
Model
700 ATG Gun
Off-Set
Clips
Strap
Hangers
Self-Tapping
Wood Screws
Picture
Hanging Wire
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