How To Fix A Stretched Or Loose Canvas Repair Guide

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Introduction

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Step 1

              How to Fix a Stretched or Loose Canvas

Fill a spray bottle with water at room temperature.
In case that you do not have a spray bottle you can use a dishcloth and moisten it.

Fill a spray bottle with water at room temperature.

In case that you do not have a spray bottle you can use a dishcloth and moisten it.

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Step 2

Close the spray bottle tightly.
Turn the nozzle to spray.

Close the spray bottle tightly.

Turn the nozzle to spray.

Step 3

Put a towel on a flat surface and lay the canvas face down on the towel.

Put a towel on a flat surface and lay the canvas face down on the towel.

Step 4

Carefully wet the entire backside of the canvas with the spray, or press water onto the canvas with the dishcloth.
Only spray until it is damp. Do not soak the canvas.
It does not matter if the canvas is new, old, has unfinished artwork or it is completed.

Carefully wet the entire backside of the canvas with the spray, or press water onto the canvas with the dishcloth.

Only spray until it is damp. Do not soak the canvas.

It does not matter if the canvas is new, old, has unfinished artwork or it is completed.

Step 5

Turn on the dryer so warm air comes out.

Turn on the dryer so warm air comes out.

Step 6

Blow dry the canvas with a hair dryer on warm until it’s completely dry.
Keep the hair dryer at least 3 to 5 inches away from the canvas.
Do not place the hair dryer directly on the canvas. The heat from the hair dryer can burn the canvas.

Blow dry the canvas with a hair dryer on warm until it’s completely dry.

Keep the hair dryer at least 3 to 5 inches away from the canvas.

Do not place the hair dryer directly on the canvas. The heat from the hair dryer can burn the canvas.

Step 7

Flip the canvas over and check that it is to your liking.
Flip the canvas again and double check.
Repeat the process again if the canvas is not completely fixed.

Flip the canvas over and check that it is to your liking.

Flip the canvas again and double check.

Repeat the process again if the canvas is not completely fixed.

If it does not work, you should follow another guide where plaster is used in the canvas.

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