Help Stretching Linen

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dougj

dougj

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Customer brings in (I was not here at the time)
29" x 27" linen (like a bed sheet) plus a 3.5" white boarder around. On the edge of the boarder it has different colored numbered circles. Thinking mass produced.
probably done in ink ( not stiff at all)
Ironed out the wrinkles on problem
Customer wants it stretched over bars (no backing)
no glazing.
If I can get it stretched with no wrinkles I don't think it is going to stay tight
and since the material is so thin I would worry about it getting damaged very easy.
Also with no glazing it will be a dust and dirt magnet
Don't like the Idea.
Thinking dry mount or a float and let it hang (behind glazing). But would have to trim of 3.5" of white.
Any thoughts :help:
 
dougj said:
Customer wants it stretched over bars (no backing)...
If I can get it stretched with no wrinkles I don't think it is going to stay tight...
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If you are using "strainer bars" (fixed corners - nailed and other fastener) I can see your point.

If you use "stretcher bars" (adjustable) they can be "keyed out" to increase the tension.
 
JFeig said:
If you are using "strainer bars" (fixed corners - nailed and other fastener) I can see your point.

If you use "stretcher bars" (adjustable) they can be "keyed out" to increase the tension.
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I would use stretcher bars if I do it.
They are going to have us also frame it so keying out much or often is not an option.
 
if it's inks---dry mount it on white board!(or black, depending on it's tones)
 
Stretching linen

Doug,

What did you end up doing? I have a similar problem. Customer has a Swedish linen (approx. 25x40) that her husband 'stretched' back in the 70s. To his credit, it is still attached to the stock that he stapled it to (sides only???) but I'm not sure how to deal with it. I do not have a drymount press but wonder if anyone has tried to mount textiles using PMA? I already recommended glazing and suggested that we might do a shadowbox, but I'm still thinking . . . Any ideas? (Please don't say, 'invest in a drymount press,' as that will not be of any help!)

Lisa
 
Sometimes we get paintings from third world countries that are painted on material that feels like bed sheets. One solution that has worked for us is to make a "platform" of a conservation board over the stretcher/strainer to give additional support and to resist puncturing from the face.
 
Stretching Linen

What type of conservation board would you suggest? And would you use strainer stock, placing the board on the inside of the lip?

Also, would you attempt to attach the board to the frame to eliminate shifting? If so, how would you do it? (It seems that, in time, it may have a tendency to fall forward, putting pressure on the textile, or is that not an issue?)

Thanks for your help.
 
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