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.

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. I wasn't sure what are these wooden pieces included in a canvas frame are good for. ( this happens a lot on quora.

Insert the wedges by hand into the corner slots, in the orientation shown. Updated over a week ago. How to use the canvas wedges and what are they for?

Place pieces of card between the stretchers and the canvas in each corner. About press copyright contact us creators advertise developers terms privacy policy & safety how youtube works test new features press copyright contact us creators. Canvas keys are optional and they don’t work if the corners of the stretcher bars are stapled or.

A short video showing you how to insert those canvas keys / wedges. These wedges are called “canvas keys” and they’re for tightening the canvas. How to fit canvas wedges 1.

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.