Stretching a Canvas: Tools

Video Transcript

"I'm going to show you the materials and tools you will need to stretch a canvas. First of all, you need canvas. We're just going to be stretching something very small today. It generally would be this small canvas, which I guess this is really rough canvas, I got it at a fabric store, but it will do. These are the stretchers, you're going to need four. The third most important tool, the staple gun. You can use nails if you need to, but a staple gun is really the best, easiest way, this is a very very old one, but staple gun, staples. Be careful when you're buying them that you get the right staples to go into your gun because it has happened to me loads of times that I didn't, it's very easy to do. You're going to need scissors to cut the canvas off the back once you've stretched it, and just make sure it's all in there and that there aren't any loose ends because that can look really unprofessional, if you can see bits of canvas coming out when you're looking at the canvas from the front. Then you just might want a couple of things to put in the back of the canvas when you're finished to hang it."