SEAL FRAME PACKAGE WITH SPACERS?

Sherry Lee

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I seal 95% of my frame packages because it saves time not having to chase 'critters'!

I just wondered this........

When using spacers, is there a need to seal the frame package? Doesn't the spacer do the sealing in actuality?
 
what kind of spacers are you using?

I use Arlo, and I tend to still seal my pieces. Those critters still find their way in.

-Sarah
 
Come see our current static electricity levels!

wow. thats a lot of time and tape.

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With relative humidity levels of 8% (as I 'speak'), it's amazing how critters get pulled right into projects when we aren't looking. In the LONG RUN, it's more cost effective to seal!
 
Check out this article on tape sealing on the FrameTek web pages - it's free!
http://www.frametek.com/HTML/Articles/dust.html

My experience is that tape sealing will save more time than it takes if you have to open just one frame a day to chase dust.

Tape sealing also prevent any rapid changes in humidity inside the frame - the cause of most art (and mat) buckling.

For those of you who have never attended a framing school or any classes at the trade shows, the other articles on these pages will explain a lot of the problems you face as a framer.
 
For those of you who seal your frame packages with tape, what type of tape are you sealing it with?
 
CLARIFICATION

I use the Lineco Blue/foil tape to seal the frames. It really sticks well.

Joel

I want to be sure we are talking apples & oranges. I too use Lineco's Blue Frame Sealing tape (foil) to seal the FRAMES.

What is being discussed is sealing the frame PACKAGE; aka the "guts" (glazing, mats, art, & substrate) in an effort to keep "little critters" from getting into the work. i.e. You look at the front of the frame package after putting it into the frame, flip it over and place framer's nails, flip it back over to recheck it and sure enough, there's a speck of wood or gold leaf right there, standing out bigger than the art!

I don't use frame sealing tape for sealing the frame package. I use 3m 888 (which I understand isn't being made any more) or 3m 810 which I learned is used by a lecturer - I don't care for 810 because it's 'stiff', but not the end of the world.
 
Thanks, Sherry and Joel for sharing the type of tape that you use to seal the frame 'package'. I've been tempted to start sealing my frame packages too as I often get those annoying 'critters' appearing when assembling my frames and then I need to take everything apart to get rid of them. I just didn't know what type of tape to use. I've had re-framing jobs in the past where the previous framer 'sealed' the package with a heavy duty shipping tape (the kind that is re-inforced with strings) and it was h*ll to take apart and get the tape off the front of the glass.
 
Karen,

Now this subject can be successfully searched! I started to add the link, but there is are so many, you should 'go shopping'.

If you haven't done it before, go above, click 'search' and type in:

Sealing frame packages

And if you type in other variations, more might come up! I remember others using different types of tape as well.

Enjoy!
 
Thanks, Sherry - I'll do that. I forget about the Search option sometimes :faintthud:
 
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