How To Secure Art Print To Mat Professionally

Place the mat and attached art into your frame.

How to secure art print to mat professionally.

There are two types of hinges. May 12th 2015 you ve taken the time to select your picture frame mats or pre cut mat board but now that you have it you might be unsure how to safely attach your artwork to the mat without damaging either of them and keep the piece centered in the frame. You may want to try 100 cotton mat and backing inside a plastic presentation bag. Open up your living room.

Next center the artwork on the mounting board and place the mat board on top to make sure the mat board covers the art correctly. After you have hinged the mat to the mount board see hinging mat to mount board above place your image under the mat and center it. Once it is centered use. Then peel the adhesive strip from the back of the mounting strips slide under the print and press down.

The art work size is typically 1 2 larger than the opening size so you can have an overlap to stick the art work to the back of the mat. Attach the mat and print it to the back of the frame with tape. The image will safe from dust dirt in the bag and with only 100 unbuffered cotton touching the image edge it should be fairly safe. If your frame is especially large you may want to use several sections of tape to get the job done.

Press firmly on the back of the tape to ensure it is well adhered to the mat. How should i attach my art to my picture frame mats. To be proficient in archival mounting and framing techniques requires study and practice. Secure mat and picture.

Using tape like this to hinge the print to a backing board and to hinge the mat over the print to the backing board is very easy and the best way to protect your work. Place 4 sections of acid free tape along the back of the mat then secure it to the front of the frame backing. Create a sunburst mirror. The t hinge is all purpose.

The v hinge is used when you want the edges of your art to be visible and not covered by the mat. Turn the mat and attached page face down on your clean work surface. A print should never be framed so that it touches glass or acrylic directly thus the mat.