on โ10-11-2014 06:18 PM
on โ10-11-2014 06:32 PM
@lurker172602 wrote:
Remember my painting that I thought was lost? Well, now I need to remount it. It is an oil painting on canvas and I would like it to be a "stretched canvas".
Any advice how to go about this? There are lots of clips on YouTube etc so I'm looking for personal experience.
I'm all for taking it to the framers for them to do it, but himself thinks we should be able to do it ourselves. *sigh*
You can.
Don't remember the painting - but - worked for in excess of 15 years - from 1973 - with Charles Hewitt.
google him.
At the time the 'doyen' of framing here nationally.
Give me more to go on - size matters - to diy.
on โ10-11-2014 06:53 PM
dont you just stretch it over and
staple it to the back of the frame?
that's what we did at school.
on โ10-11-2014 06:56 PM
Out vote your OH and take it to a framer. The painting is to precious to ruin, you can't just go out and buy another one.
on โ10-11-2014 07:23 PM
on โ10-11-2014 07:24 PM
on โ10-11-2014 08:53 PM
Go to an art supply store and buy a staple gun, also a pair of canvas pliers- these are different to other pliers because they grip the canvas with a flat, wide head. Buy a wooden support frame.
Put the painting face down onto a towel on a sturdy table, so as to not damage the face of the painting.
Staple once in the middle of one side, at the back of the frame- and then repeat in the middle of the opposite side. What I mean, is, lets say the edges of the frame are north/south, east/west move from North to South then from East to West. At the beginning, you dont need to stretch the canvas much, but you might need to redo the original first couple of staples as the tension increases.
Repeat this for the other edges of the painting. Keep working- North/South East/West, stapling from the middle, out from the middle, to the corners, making sure you are keeping all the tension even- this is the tricky thing.
When you get to the corners, you need to fold the canvas so that you can staple it and keep it flat. When you buy the frame, you can also buy-or it may come with the frame, small wedges of wood that can be gently pushed into the sides of the frame so that it opens a tiny bit and increases the tension of the canvas..
Good Luck!!
PS- Im pretty sure utube has these instructions...
on โ10-11-2014 09:11 PM
on โ10-11-2014 09:19 PM
Lurker. Don't do it yourself.....please! no. no. no.
At least take your painted canvas into a reputable framers first, ask their advice and get a quote.
IM expert O.....you will certainly cause damage if you now attempt to stretch your canvas. Damage to both canvas and paint.
Canvases are carefully stretched, primed etc before having painting applied.
Your painting was not done on a pre-stretched canvas.....and now you want to stretch it? no!!
on โ10-11-2014 09:19 PM
that is pretty much how we did
it in art class.
one of the paintings i did was
about the size of yours.