How to stretch a canvas with wedges.

How to use canvas wedges. It is wisest to set aside the stretched canvas pinned on its stretcher for a day or more before setting with staplestacks see note 3. Updated over a week ago. How to fit canvas wedges 1.

Place pieces of card between the stretchers and the canvas in each corner. ( this happens a lot on quora. Stand your canvas upright and use a hammer to gently tap each of the wedges upwards to fit them securely into the wooden slots, while supporting the rest of the canvas with.

A short video showing you how to insert those canvas keys / wedges. Insert the wedges by hand into the corner slots, in the orientation shown. About press copyright contact us creators advertise developers terms privacy policy & safety how youtube works test new features press copyright contact us creators.

This is a ready made canvas and i usually add the keys prior to painting, even if the can. How to use the canvas wedges and what are they for? Place a small piece of cardboard between the canvas keys and the canvas to protect the canvas when you tap the keys into place with a hammer.

Canvas keys are optional and they don’t work if the corners of the stretcher bars are stapled or.