Offering custom matting options, including single, double or triple mats, in various colors and textures to complement framed artwork or photos and provide an additional design element.
Frame Corner offers three types of matboards: Alpha Cellulose Matboard, Wood Pulp (Paper) Matboard and Cotton Rag Matboard.
Offering custom matting options, including single, double or triple mats, in various colors and textures to complement framed artwork or photos and provide an additional design element.
Frame Corner offers three types of matboards: Alpha Cellulose Matboard, Wood Pulp (Paper) Matboard and Cotton Rag Matboard.
Matboard composed of alpha-cellulose fiber meets the most stringent standards for stability and permanence. They are naturally inert (acid free) and may or may not be buffered. If possible, you want the matboard to be buffered because this allows the matboard to absorb harmful acidic components from within the frame environment
(such as a wood frame which is very acidic). These have no plies but are often called 4-ply or 8-ply in reference to their thickness.
Attributes - acid-free; may be buffered and/or lignin-free
Core Color - typically white or cream-colored, sometimes black or gray
Thickness - the 4-ply is 1/16 of an inch thick
Cost - Moderate
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Bainbridge Artcare™ Alphamat Matboard
Matboard composed of alpha-cellulose fiber meets the most stringent standards for stability and permanence. They are naturally inert (acid free) and may or may not be buffered. If possible, you want the matboard to be buffered because this allows the matboard to absorb harmful acidic components from within the frame environment
(such as a wood frame which is very acidic). These have no plies but are often called 4-ply or 8-ply in reference to their thickness.
Attributes - acid-free; may be buffered and/or lignin-free
Core Color - typically white or cream-colored, sometimes black or gray
Thickness - the 4-ply is 1/16 of an inch thick
Cost - Moderate
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Bainbridge Artcare™ Alphamat Matboard
Matboard that is inexpensive and generally considered a temporary solution for framing items that do not require any conservation measures or archival framing. Papermat is not recommended if you want the artwork to last more than five years without showing signs
of deterioration. It is best used for decorative purposes, not preservation. These have no plies but are often called 4-ply in reference to their thickness. Sometimes they are thinner than actual 4-ply.
Attributes - naturally acidic, but can be buffered with calcium carbonate to temporarily shift the pH balance to alkaline
Core Color - typically white or cream-colored
Thickness - the 4-ply is approximately 1/16 of an inch thick
Cost - Inexpensive
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Papermat Matboard
Specialty Decorative Matboards
Matboard that is inexpensive and generally considered a temporary solution for framing items that do not require any conservation measures or archival framing. Papermat is not recommended if you want the artwork to last more than five years without showing signs
of deterioration. It is best used for decorative purposes, not preservation. These have no plies but are often called 4-ply in reference to their thickness. Sometimes they are thinner than actual 4-ply.
Attributes - naturally acidic, but can be buffered with calcium carbonate to temporarily shift the pH balance to alkaline
Core Color - typically white or cream-colored
Thickness - the 4-ply is approximately 1/16 of an inch thick
Cost - Inexpensive
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Papermat Matboard
Specialty Decorative Matboards
Matboard made of cotton is typically referred to as “rag” board and is composed of separate plies of cotton board dyed for color and layered together in 2-, 4-, or 8-ply. The best picture framing mat you can buy is 8-ply rag matboard. It is museum-quality for very long-term conservation matting and is naturally inert and acid free. The 8-ply rag mat board has the added advantage of being exceptionally thick with a resulting bevel of 1/4 inch, which helps add considerable depth to the picture framing package.
Attributes - acid-free; may be buffered and/or lignin-free
Core Color - the core color of rag mat board is the same as the mat’s exterior color
Thickness - the 2-ply is 1/32 of an inch thick, the 4-ply is 1/16 of an inch thick and the 8-ply is 1/8 of an inch thick
Cost- Premium
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Bainbridge Artcare™
Alpharag Mat board
Crescent 2-Ply, 4-Ply, 8-Ply RagMat® Museum Matboard
Matboard made of cotton is typically referred to as “rag” board and is composed of separate plies of cotton board dyed for color and layered together in 2-, 4-, or 8-ply. The best picture framing mat you can buy is 8-ply rag matboard. It is museum-quality for very long-term conservation matting and is naturally inert and acid free. The 8-ply rag mat board has the added advantage of being exceptionally thick with a resulting bevel of 1/4 inch, which helps add considerable depth to the picture framing package.
Attributes - acid-free; may be buffered and/or lignin-free
Core Color - the core color of rag mat board is the same as the mat’s exterior color
Thickness - the 2-ply is 1/32 of an inch thick, the 4-ply is 1/16 of an inch thick and the 8-ply is 1/8 of an inch thick
Cost- Premium
We Offer:
Bainbridge Artcare™
Alpharag Mat board
Crescent 2-Ply, 4-Ply, 8-Ply RagMat® Museum Matboard
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