How to Get Quality Results - Every Time.

• The root cause of over-cuts and undercuts. And the technique that will control them...for good!
   

• The seven sources of wavy bevels.  How to diagnose the right one and achieve perfect bevels.
  
  The Professional’s Technique for Perfectly Aligned Double Mats Every Time.
   

• The Professional’s Technique for Perfectly Aligned Double Mats Every Time.
  A technique so fast, accurate and drop dead simple you’ll opt for double mats all the time.
  
  Measuring Insights
   

• Real world measuring that takes into account non-proportional art and frames.

• Hands-on miter cutting of frame moldings.
   
• Hands-on sanding to "true" miters and close seams, and then joining of the frame sections using a V-Nail joiner.
  
  How to Reduce Full Size Sheets of Matboard, Foamboard and Glazing
   
• The equipment and techniques that make sizing a snap.
   
• The tools and resources you need to make frames and to mat, back and glaze artwork.
  
  How to Design a Framed Presentation
   
• The four steps that add up to great color selection, and the overriding rule that guides you.

 
    Insights in Conservation and Archival Framing

• Insights into conservation and archival framing techniques and materials.
  
  Mounting Techniques for a Variety of Media
   
• The three categories of mounting and how to choose the one that's right for you
  Techniques for float mounting photography, how to mount heavy watercolor paper without adhesives & essential hinge mounting techniques.

       Glazing with Acrylic or Glass

• Glass versus acrylic, and how to clean both.
  
  Frame Fitting and Loading the Frame
   
• How to secure the artwork in the frame and how to add a dust cover.  The right hanging hardware for the perfect finishing touch.
   

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