How can I reuse matting?

Linda
by Linda
I bought a beautiful frame with three-layer matting, but I hate the picture. How do I get the old picture out and put in one that I like? They are all glued together . . .
  7 answers
  • 9530106 9530106 on Jan 06, 2017

    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?

  • Linda Linda on Jan 06, 2017

    The picture is glued to the matting, and all three layers of the matting are glued together.

  • Shelli Shelli on Jan 07, 2017

    You may be able to use a warm iron to loosen the glue and pull the picture off.

  • Bmasecar Bmasecar on Jan 09, 2017

    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.


    • Linda Linda on Jan 09, 2017

      Unfortunately, the picture is glued into the layers of the matting. Thanks for your help.

  • Bmasecar Bmasecar on Jan 09, 2017

    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?


  • Kaye Kaye on Jan 10, 2017

    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.

  • Linda Linda on Jan 11, 2017

    Thanks all. I'll be cutting out the pic this weekend. I'll update you on my results!