How can I reuse matting?
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Do you have a photo? Do you mean the matting and frame are glued together, or that the backing is glued to the frame, etc?
The picture is glued to the matting, and all three layers of the matting are glued together.
You may be able to use a warm iron to loosen the glue and pull the picture off.
Remove the picture from the frame, the picture is usually separate from the matting. If it glued to the matting, get a new sharp craft knife and hold it against the edge of the mat at the same angle as the mat is cut at and carefully cut the picture from the matting. You will leave a layer of the picture still attached to the mat but it will not be visible. Take your time and be very careful in the coners.
HI again. I don't get it, Take the picture and matting out of frame, 4 layers all glued. Looking from the front you should have large outside mat, second middle mat and last smallest mat, and then the picture.
If you cut the picture out of the middle with craft knife using the edge of the smallest mat as a guide it should just leave you with the three mats all joined together. Put your matting in frame, centre your picture on opening in mat and tape it to the back mat, replace whatever backer they had on it and you should be done. What am I missing here?
Take a very sharp craft knife, a metal ruler and simply cut out the picture area. Then the mats will be there to use again. I have done this. Very Steady slow hand and no coffee that morning.
Thanks all. I'll be cutting out the pic this weekend. I'll update you on my results!