Context: I work at a corporate frame shop. I’m going to try and be somewhat vague to protect the identity of the customers and employees involved. We custom make (aka cut to size) frames, mats, and glass for customers. It usually take 2 weeks to receive fully custom made materials. For quicker turnaround time, we can use ready-made, store bought frames, or even frames customers find at thrift stores or wherever, and put new matting and glass in. Our process revolves around being archival- so we use acid-free foamcore and backer paper for both the aesthetic and the protection of their piece, thus we don’t use any cardboard, chinese-formed MDF backer boards, etc that many ready-made frames come with. The company standard is 48 hours for in-house mat & glass cutting, we have a standard mat cutter and glass cutter- it’s not fancy, it’s enough to cut your single opening mats. Outside of that, most matting (>70%) is laser cut and shipped to us from the DC with that 2 week turnaround, and those can be more specialized in the cuts.
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