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How to Change a Stretched Canvas

Introducción

If you want to reuse your canvas frame and save your original work, this guide will show you how to remove and replace your stretched canvas.

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    • Place the canvas upside down on a flat surface.

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    • Place the picker tool under the staple

    • Begin to lift the staple off of the frame by moving the picker tool down towards the table.

    • Lift the staple halfway up (Do not completely remove yet).

    • Don't place your hands directly in front of pointy end of the picker tool.

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    • Once the staple is halfway lifted, use the pliers to completely lift the staple from the frame.

    • Repeat steps 2-3 to remove the rest of staples.

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    • Roll up your canvas for storage.

    • Roll the canvas with your painting on the outside to avoid cracking

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    • Measure out the amount of canvas that is needed to cover the edges of the frame.

    • Once measured, make a small cut in the corner.

    • Use your hands to rip off the excess fabric.

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    • Fold one side of the canvas fabric over the edge of one of the long sides of the frame.

    • While holding the canvas down, use the staple gun to place one staple in the middle

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    • Go over to the other side of the frame and use the canvas pliers to grab the canvas fabric. To tighten canvas fabric, begin by holding the pliers at a 45 degree angle then moving the pliers down towards the table.

    • Place the canvas pliers where you intend to place a staple .

    • While holding the fabric down, place a staple in the middle of that side of the frame.

    • Continue Step 7 on the two short sides of the frame.

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    • Choose one of the long sides of the frame and begin stapling from the center to about 3 inches away from the corner using the same canvas plier technique from step 7. Then repeat on other long side.

    • Next, repeat this stapling process on the two short sides

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    • Trim the corner of the fabric to make folding easier.

    • The fabric that you cut away should be in the shape of a triangle.

    • Repeat on the other three corners.

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    • Choose one corner of the frame and tuck excess fabric inside the fold.

    • Holding tightly onto the fabric, pull the fold up and over the the edge of the frame. Staple to secure both sides of the corner.

    • Repeat on the other three corners

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    • When you are finished, stretched canvas should be tight and it should sound like a drum when you tap on it.

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Conclusión

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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