Laminating Canvas "Trick"

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MaJa

MaJa

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You may know this already. Shoot, I may have know this and just forgot, but I thought I would share and maybe save some one some frustration, material, and time!

We laminate our canvases with Laminic laminate. We like this because it comes perforated. You assemble in the heat press, from the bottom up: laminate, canvas (face down), release paper/board. 200 for 5 minutes.

We did a 40x60 (mol) canvas. It came out with some wrinkles in the laminate. Panic and heartache ensued.

On a whim, we put it back in. Release board/paper, canvas face up, foam. Same time and temp. AND ... ta-da! Beautiful!
 
Why upside down? I laminate them face up, under foam, and never a problem.
 
Wow! You're using a vacuum press?
 
Huummmm ... well, why the heck do the directions say down? Up would be so much easier!
 
OMG!!! That's too funny!! Thanks, I needed that this morning!!
 
Yup: I'm using a Hot Press. Been doin' them face up forever. Canvastex, matte, or Satinex.
 
We are using a Hot Shot vac/heat press by Print Mount. We just laminated a large canvas using thier brand of matte finish preperforated laminate. We followed the instructions which said to put the laminate on the canvas (it is lightly tacky and can be moved around) and then place a layer of foam in the press. Then the canvas with the laminated gently adhered face down on the foam. Then release board. It worked beautifully.

Next we want to try a canvas texture on a poster. The Print Mount product that has a nice heavy texture is not preperforated and I would like to find one that is. Suggestions?
 
I achieve a nice canvas texure by taking the release paper and crunching it up into a ball several times and then smooth it out and put it on the laminate while in the press. When removed from the press the crunched up release paper has imparted a nice faux brush stroke to the work.
 
J. Paul...we just let a bunch of Palmetto bugs ( giant roaches to those of you not from Florida ) run around helter scehlter all over the surface and it gives it a nice hand textured look. You need lots of 'em to do it right. THEY CAN SURVIVE ALMOST ANYTHING SO ARE REUSABLE.

Disclaimer :No critters were harmed.



Always face up with foam on top BTW.
 
Jeff Rodier said:
You left out the part about wings and flying. Giant roaches don't scare people in NYC but you add the flying part and they scream like lttle girls.:shutup:
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They have been endemic to NYC for many years, like alligators in the sewers. I remember having to fight one for my toothbrush in the old Commodore Hotel (known to aircrews as "the Commode") by Grand Central Station. They are part of life in the city - no girlie screaming. When the Commodore was coverted to the Grand Hyatt, they renovated the building from the top floors down so they could drive the roaches, palmetto bugs and rats out to Park Avenue and Grand Central Station.

:kaffeetrinker_2:
 
There's another case of peoples obsession with pets gone wrong. I guess they thought they were so cute they would take them home from the south untill they got tired of them and let them go.
 
Jeff Rodier said:
There's another case of peoples obsession with pets gone wrong. I guess they thought they were so cute they would take them home from the south untill they got tired of them and let them go.
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Yeah, it's fun to watch New Yorkers walking their palmetto bugs on those little leashes. :p
 
I bet they get really big eatin' on that NYC trash. Do they grow as large as the pigeons?:icon9:
 
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