Colored v-groove

Kent

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I seen examples of v-grooves "painted", that is the customer or framer has replaced the mat core color in the v-groove with something else. Anyone know how it's done?

Thank for your help.
 
I use 811 Magic tape, (removable) on the surface of the mat where it will be cut. Burnish the tape down, make your cuts, paint with a fine brush and remove the tape. Crescent also has color core mats, blue, yellow, green, etc on black and white surfaces. Do a practice mat and have fun!
 
If you have access to any Mat Magic powders, you could use the same technique mentioned above and brush the MM powder into the V-groove. The important thing with either technique is to make sure that the edges of the 811 tape are firmly burnished down before you apply the color. Otherwise, you will risk bleeding the color under the tape and that would ruin the effect (and the matboard).

Framerguy
 
Thanks! What type of paint should I use? Any suggestions as to where to purchase the paint?
 
Those $1 bottles of craft acrylic from Wal-Mart, Ben Franklin, Hobby Lobby or any of your other favorite outlets will work nicely. Some need to be be thinned a tad with water.
 
Originally posted by Ron Eggers:
Those $1 bottles of craft acrylic from Wal-Mart, Ben Franklin, Hobby Lobby or any of your other favorite outlets will work nicely. Some need to be be thinned a tad with water.
Just wondering:

Are you not concerned, Ron, that after your value added time, talents and labour in creating this lovely V-groove, the colour will fade fairly quickly because you've used such a low quality paint?
 
No, I'm not.

I've used these acrylics to paint bevels for many years and, so far, the color has outlasted that of both the mats and the prints.

I think this might be a case where source and price are not good indicators of longevity.
 
Well, actually, as you may have suspected, there is a hierarchy of quality in acrylic craft paint as in all other products. In other words, you get what you pay for. The only craft paint that is good enough quality for you to use is Delta Ceramcoat. Resist AppleBarrel and Anita's price blandishments... they are low in pigment and don't cover as well. Don't skimp! One bottle is usually a lifetime supply, so spend the extra buck.
Or do you suppose that Kent is talking about an inlaid mat?...
 
In a past issue in one of the mags (translation: I don't know when or where But I read once) there was an article about bonding together two mat boards and getting a two-tone bevel. Works for v-grooving the doubled mat as well.

You could use a BriteCore Crescent and an Alpha and get a Green-and-Red XMas v-groove!
 
Thanks all for the info. It's not inlay that I saw, it was along the lines of Mat Magic (which, I am told, is being discontinued) and the acrylic paint solution.

Thanks again,
Kent
 
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