Well, it happened again. Someone had 5 oils framed, 3 were a triptych. He was completely irate because he used a laser level to hang the hooks on his wall in a straight line and then the oils didn't hang in a straight line. He couldn't be convinced that having them even within 1/4" was acually pretty good for having it done that way. What I will do when he picks them up again (he returned them to be fixed) is to make a cardboard template for his wall so he can place the hangers correctly, but he'd still going to think I'm giving him a defective product. They have been returned because, although he does not want them removed from the original very out of square stretchers, he wants the frames square and with no gaps - better than our first go around where we routered out the inside of the frame to eat up the difference.. the canvases still bow towards the wall and have 3/8" plywood screwed from behind holding them that way, which he doesn't want removed either.
My first thought was, "Shoulda used the wallbuddies."
My second thought was, "Shoulda restretched them."
My third thought was, "I gotta start getting more involved in the framing again."
My fourth thought was, "Oh, ******, I'm going to end up hanging these during 2 hours of **** in the guys house."
Then a customer who lives on a multi million dollar estate called up and wanted to cancel her $200 order cuz she changed her mind, but the frame is done.
Anyway, when I get yelled at this bad (he asked me if I was drunk when they were done, ha) I always doubt myself a little... ya got any tricks to get wire tension exactly the same on multiple pictures?
I hope it gets better!
My first thought was, "Shoulda used the wallbuddies."
My second thought was, "Shoulda restretched them."
My third thought was, "I gotta start getting more involved in the framing again."
My fourth thought was, "Oh, ******, I'm going to end up hanging these during 2 hours of **** in the guys house."
Then a customer who lives on a multi million dollar estate called up and wanted to cancel her $200 order cuz she changed her mind, but the frame is done.
Anyway, when I get yelled at this bad (he asked me if I was drunk when they were done, ha) I always doubt myself a little... ya got any tricks to get wire tension exactly the same on multiple pictures?
I hope it gets better!