Diy Double Matting

Buffered to a neutral ph acid free non conservation above industry standards so your photo will stay protected for longer.

Diy double matting.

We will explain how to order 16 x 20 double mats for an 11 x 14 picture. Something with a medium tack works well and you can always switch out the art. This will allow for 1 4 of the perimeter of the 11 x 14 artwork to be hidden essentially taped from the back underneath the opening of. The od outer dimension of the bottom mat would be 16 x 20 the id inner dimension would typically be 10 1 2 x 13 1 2.

Thicker 4 ply mat board with 1 6 or 0 0625 thickness each. Our double mats are. Bevel cut to give your photo a professional finish. If you don t have a cutting machine you can still make these diy picture mats by cutting a template out of cardboard and using a craft knife to make the cuts on your card stock.

I painted mine blue for this project. After that you can paint or decorate your mats if you d like. Acid free double mats to complement to your photographs. A double mat is not what many people think it is.

How to cut a double mat on a logan mat cutter. Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam. Then you tape your art photo to the back of the mat making sure your piece is centered in the mat as you want it i used masking tape for this.

Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork. Match your whites dawgs. In addition to that issue i was also working with some art sizes that didn t actually fit the mats they were square or just off the usual size and mixing in some vintage frames which didn t have any mats at all. Beginning with a turquoise mat add 1 2 foam board on top and end with the addition of a white mat on top of the foam board.

Rather a double mat is just two single mats stacked together two single mats with two different size windows stacked together so the window of the under mat appears as a band of color around the inside of the window of. Frametory 11x14 black picture frames made to display pictures 8x10 with mat or 11x14 without mat wide molding pre installed wall mounting hardware black 4 7 out of 5 stars 3 374 13 89 13. How to cut a double mat on a logan mat cutter.