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How to Fix a Stretched or Loose Canvas

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    • 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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    • Close the spray bottle tightly.

    • Turn the nozzle to spray.

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

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    • 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.

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    • Turn on the dryer so warm air comes out.

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    • 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.

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    • 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.

Conclusion

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

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