Precut Mats for Standard Paper Sizes – Grrrrrr!

[Mullanphy]

I bought a package of precut mats for 9X12 papers (watercolor, multimedia, pastels, etc.) only to be frustrated beyond belief.

Yes, the papers fit perfectly within the mat’s cutout, which is 11 1/2″ X 8 1/2″, but it leaves so little room to spare (1/4″ all the way round).  For me, 1/4″ border for tape is not sufficient for holding down the paper, especially for watercolor paper.

Is there an off-the-shelf solution or am I stuck with custom cut mats?

 

Save lives, mask up. ?

[Virginia (vmrs) Administrator]

I have a mat cutter, so I cut my own, I like at least an inch around myself. If you have the room for one, it’s pretty useful.

I don’t know that there is any solution really. That cut out is too big for mats that size.

You could glue use glue instead, the kind of glue they use for scrapbooking that is archival and removable but that would wreck pastels where the glue sits, probably wouldn’t be great for watercolor either.

Or you could if you’re framing it, not use tape at all but put enough paper behind the art that it is held in place by the pressure of the frame backing.

Hopefully someone else will have an idea too.

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[Yorky Administrator Ormskirk]

I use acid-free tape to position the painting, but I usually cut my own masks.

Doug

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[John humber]

Buy bigger sheets of paper and cut it yourself?

PLEASE how do I make these dreadful yellow things go away?

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