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Preparing a Canvas: Cut Excess Fabric

When cutting the excess fabric from the canvas, do not cut too close to the staples. Learn how to stretch and prepare a canvas for painting from a professional artist in this free video.

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Okay, so the next thing we want to do is just cut the excess fabric which there is a lot of in this case. So, we will just pick anywhere, it does not matter. And you want to make sure that you don't cut too close to these staples because who knows how long this could last over time. Someone might want to get them out and re-stretch it and whatnot and you want to leave enough room to be able to work with it some more. You just want to make sure that you don't leave so much that is curls back over so you can see it and anyway and go like this. See, this would be bad, it’s floppy. So, cut it like this. And do it like that. So, you are going to bring it over, add another staple, perfect. Okay, so you will just go around the canvas until you have cleared out all the excess fabric.

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Preparing a Canvas: Cut Excess Fabric

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