Thrifted Framing: Preclass supply list

This standalone Thrift Framing course was filmed specifically for the Sparkling Seashells course, so if any references are made to seashell art, that’s why 🙂

Supplies

Check the garage for some of these! You may not need all of them depending on what you are framing, so  you might watch all the lessons to see which are necessary.

1. Screwdriver for prying things apart
2. Pliers for pulling out staples
3. Sandpaper for cleaning off the backs of the wood
4. Spray cleaner for the glass,
5. Paper towels, baby wipes
6. Glue remover (Googone, purell, or whatever can melt old glue)
7. Staple gun or point driver. A staple gun was used for a long time to lock in the glass, art, and backing into the frame. I find a regular staple gun harder to deal with and get into the frame at a civilized angle. I invested in a Point Driver  and will be using that in part 2, and it’s made for the kind of points you can just bend back, swap out the art, and bend back into place.
8. Brown kraft paper for dust cover. You can buy a small sized roll of thinner paper like you’ll see me use – 17″ wide so you’ll only use it on frames with both sides smaller than that. Or you can go to your local big box hardware store and look for construction grade paper. Any decently-heavy paper can also work.
9. Doublestick tape – a really sticky kind. I use ScorTape, which I find works nicely. In the video you saw the results of the kind of tape that requires wetting – which you can certainly use! But I find that to be harder to deal with than ScorTape. (There are other brands, but just make sure it’s good and sticky.)
10. Hooks and wire. For small frames and large, hooks and wire are the best to put on the back of art; if you ever enter works in a show they’ll ask for art with wire, and often they prefer a dust cover.  Amazon links are shown below, but you can get much smaller packs at a local frame or big box art store.
    1. Small D-rings for smaller frames like those in the video, this pack comes with a few sizes
    2. Large D-rings for big frames that are heavy
    3. Wire for the weight you expect – 30lbs is perfect for the size frames shown, but if you’ve got a big heavy frame, use more heavy duty wire.
11. Screwdriver to fit whatever D rings you have.
12. Wall hooks. It’s a kindness to tape a little baggie or envelope with a hook and nail when giving an art gift so they don’t have to go find one. 🙂
14. Staple gun or a Point Driver — I recommend the latter.
15. Brown kraft paper for dust cover. A small sized roll of thinner paper like you’ll see me use – 17″ wide … go to your local big box hardware store and look for construction grade paper. Any decent weight drawing paper can work too.
16. Doublestick tape – a really sticky kind. I use ScorTape.
17. Small D-rings for smaller frames or Large D-rings for big frames that are heavy
18. Wire for the weight you expect – 30lbs is perfect for small ones.
19. Screwdriver to fit the type of D rings you have.
20. Wall hooks