How To Glue Canvas To Mat Board

The thicker canvases are a sheet of canvas stretched over a wooden frame.

How to glue canvas to mat board.

Showing how i mount a painting on canvas onto a hard surface in this case a cradled panel using pva glue. 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. 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.

Like stretching a painting mounting can be tricky. Glue spread on my board. This will insure a good bonding of canvas to board. Carefully pick up the canvas and board and lay it down on the clean surface canvas side up.

The thin type and the thick type. Coat the hardboard with the diluted glue. Allow the first coat to dry then apply two or more additional coats. The canvas can shrink a little during the drying process.

If you want to use watercolor gouache or acrylic paint for your painting there is no need to prepare the surface with gesso. Board placed on the canvas. There are two main types of canvas. You want a thin even coat of glue from edge to edge.

You can mount canvas or gessoed paper to a panel or mat board. Mat in front foam board in back maybe glass maybe not. Glue the paper on the hardboard smoothing out it from the center to the sides and then from the center to the corners. Showing how i mount a painting on canvas onto a hard surface in this case a cradled.

A larger piece may not lie as flat in which case mounting or stretching may be called for. If using masonite rough up the surface with sandpaper. Make sure that there are no puddles or dry areas on the surface. Using the foam roller roll out the glue evenly over the entire surface of the gator 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. Coat mat board with gesso to prepare the surface for oil paints when using the mat board as a canvas for artwork. Choose a type of canvas. This will give you a little leeway when pasting the canvas to board.

You won t need to pour out as much glue because the board is not as absorbent as the canvas. The thin canvases are a simple light weight board ideal for framing.