How To Glue Canvas To Mat Board

The canvas can shrink a little during the drying process.

How to glue canvas to mat board.

The thicker canvases are a sheet of canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Coat the other side of the hardboard with the undiluted pva and glue the canvas in the same way smoothing out from the center to the sides and then from the center to the corners. The thin canvases are a simple light weight board ideal for framing. Glue spread on my board.

If using masonite rough up the surface with sandpaper. The thin type and the thick type. Like stretching a painting mounting can be tricky. This will insure a good bonding of canvas to board.

Board placed on the canvas. There are two main types of canvas. Make sure that there are no puddles or dry areas on the surface. If you want to use watercolor gouache or acrylic paint for your painting there is no need to prepare the surface with gesso.

Coat the hardboard with the diluted glue. They are ideal if you want to extend your design over the edges. Glue the paper on the hardboard smoothing out it from the center to the sides and then from the center to the corners. As soon as the glue is spread place the board on the backside of the canvas and press it down all over.

A small piece of canvas will lie very flat under a mat. Allow the first coat to dry then apply two or more additional coats. Making sure the glue is all the way to the edges. You won t need to pour out as much glue because the board is not as absorbent as the canvas.

Showing how i mount a painting on canvas onto a hard surface in this case a cradled panel using pva glue. Coat mat board with gesso to prepare the surface for oil paints when using the mat board as a canvas for artwork. The edges can be trimmed up with a sharp razor blade or box cutter after the glue dries. A larger piece may not lie as flat in which case mounting or stretching may be called for.

Carefully pick up the canvas and board and lay it down on the clean surface canvas side up. This will give you a little leeway when pasting the canvas to board. Adhering canvas to mat or foam board apr 29 2012 i m new to printing on canvas and playing with some different things including mounting canvas and framing as if it were paper. Mat in front foam board in back maybe glass maybe not.

Showing how i mount a painting on canvas onto a hard surface in this case a cradled. Choose a type of canvas.