Anyone got a steer on some cut mounts by mail order?

[cw318is]

Got 3 shots I need to get mounts for, and unfortunately my Logan won't go big enough and the mount man I usually use is off for a couple of weeks. I've made the frames and have the glass, got the prints - just need the mounts! Basically 2x A0 mounts with an A1 cutout, and 80x60 mount with a 60x40 cutout. Googling hasn't helped me and the client wants them in just over a week

Thanks!

 

[pete.rush]

http://www.framewerks.co.uk/ any good?

 

[Kit Marshall]

My partner who is a full time artis uses

http://www.digitalprintdesign.co.uk/
or
http://www.framewarehouse.co.uk/

 

[cw318is]

Thanks for all the replies, I checked both out but all I wanted to do was order the mounts online easily and a lot struggled with the sizes. Eventually I found this place - https://www.picturelizard.co.uk/ ordered what I needed, fingers crossed they arrive soon as as expected!

 

[Box Brownie]

Thanks for all the replies, I checked both out but all I wanted to do was order the mounts online easily and a lot struggled with the sizes. Eventually I found this place - https://www.picturelizard.co.uk/ ordered what I needed, fingers crossed they arrive soon as as expected!

FWIW ~ I have used Picture Lizard a few times and IMO the service & quality is very good especially in regard to the 100% non overcutting visible in the corners of the bevel apertures and that they use a 90degree blade to cut the outside edges (the same could not be said when I used a local mount cutting service for a one off mount that I needed urgently).

 

[mho]

they use a 90degree blade to cut the outside edges (the same could not be said when I used a local mount cutting service for a one off mount that I needed urgently).

Its only a cosmetic difference if a 90deg or 45deg outside cut is done. Ultimately the mount will be going in a frame.

 

[Box Brownie]

Its only a cosmetic difference if a 90deg or 45deg outside cut is done. Ultimately the mount will be going in a frame.

I agree it is in practice purely cosmetic, having said that if one is selling as mounted only (that is something I intend add into my mix) then the cleaner & neater look of the 90 degree outer edge cut the better IMO Especially if the mounted and bagged prints are going to sit in a display rack where they will get handled.................if 45 degree cut there is a risk of them starting to look "damaged" and a tad tatty!

 

[mho]

I would totally disagree with that we sell hundreds of 45 deg outer cut mounts with picture and undermount, bagged to photographers and customers alike per week, and not one of them or there customers has ever complained, as for starting to look tatty, never happens. they look as good months after as the day they we cut.

When I started my framing company I thought it would be an issue not having 90deg outer cut mounts, but as it turned out the only issue was saving £'000's on the computer mount cutter as it allowed me to buy a model with only one head.

 

[Box Brownie]

I would totally disagree with that we sell hundreds of 45 deg outer cut mounts with picture and undermount, bagged to photographers and customers alike per week, and not one of them or there customers has ever complained, as for starting to look tatty, never happens. they look as good months after as the day they we cut.

When I started my framing company I thought it would be an issue not having 90deg outer cut mounts, but as it turned out the only issue was saving £'000's on the computer mount cutter as it allowed me to buy a model with only one head.

I bow to your experience as my view is 'simply' that of a novice in the print sales world. If the local cutter had not left such obvious overcuts on the aperture the fact that the outer edge was 45degree cut might have seemed less of an issue?

 

[cw318is]

Some good points raised, I'd never really thought about the outer cut - probably because every mount I've ever bought has had a 90 degree cut on the outside and a bevel on the inside. I'd prefer a straight cut - if I'm making my own mounts it's always a 90 degree outside cut - just because it sits in the frame better/flatter and tighter but doubt it really makes a difference as its covered by the rebate anyway.

Just as long as the inside cuts don't end up looking like this catastrophic attempt by a "pro framer" who actually wanted to charge for this.......

 

[sunnyside_up]

Maple Framing in Notts... Order online and pick up in store or deliver. They are awesome, and the guy who runs it will bend over backwards to help! You can call him up and say the size you want and he'll do it. Boom!

 

[mho]

Some good points raised, I'd never really thought about the outer cut - probably because every mount I've ever bought has had a 90 degree cut on the outside and a bevel on the inside. I'd prefer a straight cut - if I'm making my own mounts it's always a 90 degree outside cut - just because it sits in the frame better/flatter and tighter but doubt it really makes a difference as its covered by the rebate anyway.

It makes no difference in a frame, Plus you dont want the mount tight in a frame it needs room to expand / contract, 2mm smaller than the internal frame size will do. All the pressure holding it in will come from the backboard, the picture, mount, undermount, barrier and backboard all need a small amount to allow for expansion, 2mm is the usual allowance.