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Old 6th April 2011, 04:44 PM
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During the various calls to framers local to me one even replied that all boards over 3mm thickness were cut by lasers nowadays!... someone smell burning?...Paul
Never heard such nonesense. CMCs (computerised mount cutters) are becoming more popular, but any competent professional framer should be able to handle boards up to 3mm
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During the various calls to framers local to me one even replied that all boards over 3mm thickness were cut by lasers nowadays!... someone smell burning?...

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Any slight overcut I've managed to make invisible with the use of a good quality burnishing tool. As a matter of course I always burnish the window matt.
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Paul, regarding your problem with thick mounts, have you considered double mounting, using two standard thickness mounts of the same colour, with the outer window about 5mm bigger allround than the inner? This might give you something of the "luxurious" look that you are probably after with thick mounts.

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Any slight overcut I've managed to make invisible with the use of a good quality burnishing tool. As a matter of course I always burnish the window matt.
This is good practice. Best to lay a shet of paper down and burnish through it, it stops the board going "shiney"
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Paul, regarding your problem with thick mounts, have you considered double mounting, using two standard thickness mounts of the same colour, with the outer window about 5mm bigger allround than the inner? This might give you something of the "luxurious" look that you are probably after with thick mounts.

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Hi Alan, yes I have tried double mounting but I personally find them a little fussy for a specific portfolio of images I'm looking to mount

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