Custom Colour Closed Corner Frames

We can spray to almost any RAL code and also to many home decor paint codes like Dulux or Farrow & Ball. We can match as closely as possible Pantone ink colour codes. Colours can be in a variety of finishes from matt all the way to mirror gloss.

As well as the custom spraying of the most popular standard profiles we can also carve and create frame designs to order. Please contact us for details. All photography on this page and website is the copyright of SohoFrames Ltd. These are photos or actual examples that can be seen along with many others by visiting us at our Soho workshop.

Here are a selection of colours sprayed onto a 17×17 raw Tulip wood profile. The finish is standard matt (something we call “10%” for technical reasons). This finish has a soft pleasing shine to it. The left-most sample shows the example profile before spraying to show the top spline we use to cover the join, which makes the finished frame both stronger and avoids a hairline crack appearing in the paint due to the natural movement of the wood. We call this a “closed corner.” We can spray in almost any colour, finish, and profile size. These are examples only and can be seen in our workshop.

Like all the frames here at SohoFrames we make these to exact requirements. This range has the same colours as before but in a standard gloss finish, which is called “Gun Gloss.” We can also polish the gun gloss finish if a flawless mirror finish is required. As before, all colours and finishes are available in almost any profile size and shape.

We can also make standard frames with closed corners. Shown here a selection of 20mm wide x 30mm deep profiles in black, white, and window mount shades with both matt and gloss finishes. The far right example matches one of our most popular archival mountboards, but we can spray to match as closely as possible any of our mountboards.

These are just some of the colours and finishes from our ever expanding catalogue of samples.

As before, a further selection of hues and finishes from our physical catalogue.

Some of these colours match some of the most popular mountboards we use, which can be both solid colour as well as stained finishes to show the wood grain.

This range shows a palette of custom wood stain colours applied to a 20×30 profile we made from Ash. We often use this type of wood for colour staining for several reasons. The first is that Ash is a pale wood and so easier to match client colour references. It also has a beautiful grain that the chosen colour highlights well. The finish can also be lacquered all the way up from matt to a polished mirror finish. We can stain in almost any preferred colour and everything from profile size and shape can be customised. Closed corners however do not really work on a stained finish as it would show. You can of course request traditional corner splines though if desired.

This exclusive finish involves spraying a raw wooden frame with a solution of real metal granules. The raw finish has the colour, appearance and texture of a paving slab. We then polish this though with finer and finger grits until a smooth finish is achieved, which displays the colour of the chosen metal granules. These frames feel cold to the touch, conduct electricity, and will also tarnish unless they are lacquered. Different tonings and effects can also be applied. These white bronze and brass samples on shown on 40×40 and 20×30 profile, but any flat or rounded profile can be used.

Same example profiles as before, this time in plain copper and acid-etched copper with a polished mirror final finish. The polished finish is optional, and could be left raw or with matt or satin lacquer on top. Like all our custom sprayed frames we make these to exact client requirements and would in most cases make an example profile for approval before moving on to the actual picture frame.

This photo shows something we like to call our Guitar Finish. These examples again show a 40×40 and 20×30 profile in black (it is actually not quite black, but a colour we call Deep Space, so black with a tiny hint of blue). The two samples on the left have silver glitter incorporated within the paint and the two on the right silver and purple glitter. These are then polished to a mirror finish. Paint colour and glitter colour (as well as glitter density) can be customised and we would always make you a text sample for the requested specification for approval.

This photo shows a close-up of the finish, which really has to be looked at in our workshop to fully appreciate its beauty and the possibilities for customisation. For example, the background colour can be any colour and also the glitter. The frame profile size can also be changed to suit. Rounded or cushion shaped profiles are also possible.

This photograph shows two example profiles, 40×40 and 20×30 , each set in the same colour and finish. The first example is a two-tone pearl finish. We spray the desired base colour and then apply the desired change colour and finish with pearl lacquer, which is then polished. Turning the sample changes the colour, so if viewing the finished frame from different angles the colour would also change. Any base and top coat colours can be selected on almost any profile size and shape. We would of course be delighted to first make a test sample for you. The second finish, is also a pearl finish but applied by hand instead of sprayed to give the textured looking finish. This was then polished to a mirror finish, this sample we feel would look great for framing wedding photos! And as before, we can do these finishes in any other colour.

These colours were carefully selected by us after advice from one of art expert clients. The examples above show these colours on a 40mm x 40mm square profile and with a mirror gloss finish. We can adjust the colours too, if required, and also apply them to any profile shape and size. However, mirror gloss is only possible on smooth surfaces, curved or flat is fine, but if patterned the finish would need to be what we call Gun Gloss. Contact us for details.

We sprayed these very popular 20mm x 30mm profiles using the same carefully selected colour palette, but this time with our standard matt or 10% finish.