Learn About Metal Framing

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Debbie Reeves at John's Design Center and I'm here to tell you about custom picture framing. Now we are going to fit a metal frame. Your metal pieces come in four pieces just like this. You use the little metal corners to put it together. So, the first thing you want to do is put this metal frame together on three sides (your two long ones and one short one). You put it aside and you take your picture (remember, we cut the glass for this one) and you put your glass flat on the table (don't lift it up or carry it). First, we have to clean it. So, you just put a little bit of cleaner, get a nice size wad of paper. It's really easy; I'm not picking it up, I'm not hurting myself. Now we need to dust it off because there is little dust everywhere. So, you can use a brush. Brush it off, and now you want to brush off your picture and make sure there's no dust on it. Then I take my picture and I turn it upside down on the glass. You notice that it's still sitting right on the table (I'm not picking it up and moving it around). Now I take my metal frame and I also put it face down on the table. I lift it up on one side and I lift it up on the other side. I just pull it forward. I pick it up to make sure the glass has gone down. Now I put it back down on the table so that it rests on the table. I take the fourth piece and I put your metal corners on and I just slide it right inside there and make sure the glass goes in there nicely. Take my screwdriver on each side. You see I'm holding each corner so that it stays nice and tight. Then I screw it together."