If there is any damage to the frame you may have to make another frame or touch-up the damaged area.
If there are gaps in the corners you should fill these gaps.
| Finishing Off | |
Different types of mouldings require a wide range of different products to finish them off well. These products include:• coloured wax fillers • coloured putties • spirit stains • marking pens • wax crayons • various wood fillers • acrylic paints • gilt pastes |
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| How to finish the corners of timber frames |
Timber frames are most often filled with a coloured putty. The putties come in a large range of colours and they can be intermixed to make any shade. The technique for filling a wooden frame with a putty is as follows: 2. Using your finger or a spatula apply the putty to the corners of the frame, ensuring that you force the putty into the gaps. 3. Wipe the excess putty off the frame with a rag. 4. Inspect the frame to ensure no trace of putty is left anwhere other than in the gaps. Similar procedures can be used for filling timber frames with coloured crayons or coloured wax pastes. A simple technique for finishing off a black frame is to colour the corner with a black marking pen. Certain mouldings benefit from having the mitres stained to match their outer finishes before joining them. A gessoed timber frame can be filled with any proprietary water-based filler. The filler can then be lightly sandpapered and stained to match the rest of the finish. The water-based fillers also take acrylic paint well if you have to match a painted finish. |
| Finishing corners on metal frames |
Aluminium frames are best left alone when it comes to touching-up the corners. If there is a gap in the corner then you should first try to re-adjust the corner brackets to see if the joint can be closed. Aluminium frames sometimes benefit from a light sandpapering in the corner to remove any burrs from the cutting process. Acrylic paints can be used if you have to match on of the paint finishes on an aluminium frame. |