are you using canvas pliers? 689 by susan on 07/18/01 at 10:24 AM
are you using canvas pliers?

In Reply to: STRETCHING CANVAS posted by KEITH on 07/17/01 at 6:33 PM:

: PLEASE, CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH STRETCHING MY CANVAS, THE WAY I STRETCH IT IS, I FIRST STAPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOUR SIDES, STARTING WITH THE LONGEST BOARDS,
: (TOP TO BOTTOM VERY TIGHT). THEN THE SMALLER BOARDS. FROM THE MIDDLE,I THEN STAPLE TO THE RIGHT, THEN I COME BACK AN STAPLE THE LEFT, ABOUT TWO INCHES APART.I FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE THROUGH THE WHOLE FRAME. IT NEVER COMES OUT RIGHT.MOST OF THE TIME , I RIP THE CANVAS , BECAUSE IM PULLIN TO TIGHT, OR I GET TO THE END ,AND ITS NOT TIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDES.
: HEEEEEELLLPPPPP.

If you're using canvas pliers, you don't need to stretch it too tight. Your procedure sounds correct; as long as you follow it the canvas will stretch mostly on its own. Just don't pull too tight! I'm a little person and I don't even put any gusto into it. I just grab the canvas with the pliers, pull it over and staple it. Eventually the whole procedure will do the stretching for you.

When you are finished, the canvas should sound like a drum when you thump in with a finger in the middle. If it is a little loose or it can go a little tighter, saturate the entire stretched canvas in hot water and let dry. It will shrink and get tighter.

Good luck.

Susan
Contributing Editor,
Oil Painting at Suite101.com
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/oil_painting


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Post a Followup 687,689"> susan"> sawenz_yahoo.comare you using canvas pliers?_07/18/01 at 10:24"Re: are you using canvas pliers?"
PLEASE, CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH STRETCHING MY CANVAS, THE WAY I STRETCH IT IS, I FIRST STAPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOUR SIDES, STARTING WITH THE LONGEST BOARDS, (TOP TO BOTTOM VERY TIGHT). THEN THE SMALLER BOARDS. FROM THE MIDDLE,I THEN STAPLE TO THE RIGHT, THEN I COME BACK AN STAPLE THE LEFT, ABOUT TWO INCHES APART.I FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE THROUGH THE WHOLE FRAME. IT NEVER COMES OUT RIGHT.MOST OF THE TIME , I RIP THE CANVAS , BECAUSE IM PULLIN TO TIGHT, OR I GET TO THE END ,AND ITS NOT TIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDES. HEEEEEELLLPPPPP. : If you're using canvas pliers, you don't need to stretch it too tight. Your procedure sounds correct; as long as you follow it the canvas will stretch mostly on its own. Just don't pull too tight! I'm a little person and I don't even put any gusto into it. I just grab the canvas with the pliers, pull it over and staple it. Eventually the whole procedure will do the stretching for you. : When you are finished, the canvas should sound like a drum when you thump in with a finger in the middle. If it is a little loose or it can go a little tighter, saturate the entire stretched canvas in hot water and let dry. It will shrink and get tighter. : Good luck. : Susan : Contributing Editor, : Oil Painting at Suite101.com : http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/oil_painting

 
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