Finds The Favour Of User About Stretcher Bar

If you need to buy stretchers for stretcher frame therefore, you will need to ensure that the wood used as well as the stretcher bar meets all these specifications. When you order stretchers from standard warehouses you are assured of the quality, specifications and the price and for obvious reasons there can be no compromise on any one of these factors. These standard warehouses will give you stretchers manufactured from Nordic pine wood that has been dried well in kilns and this is a good insurance against any tendency to warp. This makes the task of the gallery owner, artist or framer simple since one can pick the right size for individual canvas rather than unnecessarily spending money on a heavier stretcher frame the canvas may not need.

The stretcher bar may be in Medium (Standard) Duty style. These stretchers are the standard stretcher bars or strips and finds favor with most of the users whether these are artists or framers. With a depth of ¾” and width of 1 5/8”, these bars are fairly economical. Of course you can make do with the Light Duty variety that is really very economical and meant for the smaller giclees. For the larger canvases you can opt for Medium/Heavy Duty (square cross-section of 1 3/16”), Heavy Duty –Midi (square cross-section of 1 ½’) or the Super Heavy Duty that is the ultimate with a width of 2” that is adequate to take on the load of the largest canvas.