Mounting Flats

[Patrick Kirk]

Folks,
I am working on mounting my first flat...I would like to use a frame with a black velvet backing, but I am having trouble trying to figure out how to attach the flat to the frame and the backing...any ideas?

Thanks!

Patrick

 

[Lou Masses]

Uh, Glue?

 

[frank h]

Hi Patrick
What you need to do is make the back of the frame deeper.
Make a shallow box, to allow for the base of your flat, when it slots
into the velvet covered back board.

Frank

 

[Guy]

Hello Patrick,
When I frame and mount my flats I use a solid backing (thin plywood) and also use a 1/2 inch dowel comming through the velvet backing from the backing and mount my flat against the dowel. Paint the dowel that comes through your velvet, black, so as its not seen. This gives the appearence of the flat suspended in the middle of the frame.

 

[geaugan]

Hi Pat:

Here's how Mike Taylor the King of Flats does it:
"Rather than butcher one"s figures, it is better to deepen the frame, which is not as difficult as it might sound. A thin strip of wood (approximately 5x15mm) is fixed edge-on to the inside of the frame's back panel, thus creating a shallow tray. A single figure, a group of figures or a single figure group may then be slotted into corrugated card - covered with black self-adhesive velour - and then inserted in the tray. This is placed against the frame's glass and secured to the back of the frame with small screws. The unit may be made freestanding or hung on a wall." This is the method I use and I like the look and it keeps dust off your flat. When using the corrugated card besure to cut your slots across the ribs so that they pinch the flats base and keeps it in place. Hope it helps .

Hey I thought those were Magnum PI shirts.

Larry Lee

 

[Patrick Kirk]

Excellent advice guys; thanks.
I was looking at the frame and the flat, a lot like a monkey looking at a football trying to figure this out...I sorta figured out that just glue (Lou, you freakin' slay me; I wanna live in your world for about an hour brother! :lol: ) wouldn't hold it to the backing. The corrugated card makes wicked sense, thank God for Mike, huh Larry?

Larry, Magnum PI only wishes he could pull off those shirts... :lol:

Hope all is well guys!

Patrick

 

[geaugan]

I was wondering about that too. It takes me a month to screw up a flat and Pat is ready to mount it a week after MFCA. :lol:

 

[Larry R]

Spit works brother!!

 

[Patrick Kirk]

Brother,
Kayleen told me to use bubble gum; kids! :lol: