Post #397753 by spy-tiki on Wed, Jul 30, 2008 4:04 PM

O.K. guys. Thanks for the ideas. Here are a couple of pics of the matte.

...and here's the stuff on the back which makes me think it's wall paper. this whole thing is stuck to a thin cheap piece of wood.

Now, I/ve started working of the really crappy, banged up wood part of the frame which had to be taken off so as not to ruin the lovely matte board, (It had an outer frame and an inner frame - wish I'd taken a picture . I've stripped and sanded the old finish off and started staining (walnut to start with because that's what I had, but it isn't quite dark enough.
However...the wood putty in the nail holes that is supposed to take stain...doesn't. What can I do about that?

Oh, and I still want to find the wallpaper or whatever it is!

[ Edited by: spy-tiki 2008-07-30 19:50 ]