Stretcher Bars and Braces
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Blick Standard Stretcher Bars and Keys
Item #: 07227
(724)
$1.59 - $6.82
Blick Standard Stretcher Bars are made from Brazilian white pine, with slotted, double-mortised corners that provide excellent long-term stability. Ba...
Blick Standard Stretcher Bars and Keys
Item #: 07227
(724)
$1.59 - $6.82
Blick Standard Stretcher Bars are made from Brazilian white pine, with slotted, double-mortised corners that provide excellent long-term stability. Ba...
Best Heavy Duty Stretcher Bars
Item #: 07230
(331)
$5.01 - $51.58
Best Heavy Duty Stretcher Bars are made of strong, kiln-dried, knot-free pine sourced from Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certified suppliers.
Best Heavy Duty Stretcher Bars
Item #: 07230
(331)
$5.01 - $51.58
Best Heavy Duty Stretcher Bars are made of strong, kiln-dried, knot-free pine sourced from Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certified suppliers.
Utrecht Heavy-Duty Canvas Stretcher Bars and Keys
Item #: 07226
(135)
$3.35 - $69.67
Support, display, and preserve your larger works of art with Utrecht Heavy-Duty Canvas Stretcher Bars and Keys. Chosen by professional painters for th...
Utrecht Heavy-Duty Canvas Stretcher Bars and Keys
Item #: 07226
(135)
$3.35 - $69.67
Support, display, and preserve your larger works of art with Utrecht Heavy-Duty Canvas Stretcher Bars and Keys. Chosen by professional painters for th...
Best Medium Duty Stretcher Bars
Item #: 07209
(235)
$2.07 - $12.13
These high-quality stretcher bars are more than pieces of wood! Their rounded back edge reduces surface friction and is designed to keep the canvas 1/...
Best Medium Duty Stretcher Bars
Item #: 07209
(235)
$2.07 - $12.13
These high-quality stretcher bars are more than pieces of wood! Their rounded back edge reduces surface friction and is designed to keep the canvas 1/...
Best Heavy-Duty Cross Braces
Item #: 07236
(48)
$3.73 - $66.96
Made of kiln-dried pine, Best Heavy-Duty Cross Braces have a 3/4" profile and measure 1-3/4" wide. Use them with Best Heavy-Duty Stretcher Bars when c...
Best Heavy-Duty Cross Braces
Item #: 07236
(48)
$3.73 - $66.96
Made of kiln-dried pine, Best Heavy-Duty Cross Braces have a 3/4" profile and measure 1-3/4" wide. Use them with Best Heavy-Duty Stretcher Bars when c...
Utrecht Heavy Duty Cross Braces
Item #: 07237
(6)
$3.30 - $46.99
Designed to work with Utrecht Heavy-Duty Stretcher Bars, these pine cross braces give your frame extra stability. They measure 1-3/4" wide, have a 3/4...
Utrecht Heavy Duty Cross Braces
Item #: 07237
(6)
$3.30 - $46.99
Designed to work with Utrecht Heavy-Duty Stretcher Bars, these pine cross braces give your frame extra stability. They measure 1-3/4" wide, have a 3/4...
Masterpiece B2 Heavy Duty Stretcher Kits
Item #: 07219
(25)
$91.42 - $810.00
The patented Masterpiece B2 Heavy Duty Stretcher Kits takes the hassle out of building a stretcher frame. This complete kit includes everything you ne...
Best Pro-Bar Aluminum Stretcher Bars and Corners
Item #: 08909
(24)
$4.33 - $159.27
Best Pro-Bar is a stretcher bar system that will never bend, warp, or twist from moisture or dryness. It combines wood and aluminum to create more rig...
Masterpiece Monet Pro Stretcher Bar Kits
Item #: 07224
(70)
$15.11 - $63.12
Made of fine, American-grown solid wood with no finger joints, Masterpiece Monet Pro Stretcher Bar Kits let artists easily build their own cross-brace...
Best Medium-Duty Cross Braces
Item #: 07209
(21)
$4.09 - $39.37
These unnotched cross-braces are made with the same quality and care as the Best Medium-Duty Stretcher Bars. They're made from kiln-dried, knot-free, ...
MUSEO ALU-Frame Aluminum Stretcher Bars and Parts
Item #: 07238
(13)
$17.86 - $133.56
Stop worrying about canvas frames that warp or bend. With Museo Alu-Frame Aluminum Stretcher Bars, your artwork remains tightly framed — even under ex...
Masterpiece Heavy Duty Stretcher Bars and Keys
Item #: 07200
(18)
$4.71 - $36.85
Masterpiece stretcher bars are constructed from solid fir, using clear strips with no finger joints. The absence of the finger joints in even the long...
Best Hardboard Corners
Item #: 08929
(17)
$10.60 - $15.25
To insure that canvas corners remain square, nail one hardboard corner to each corner on the back of each canvas stretcher bar. Pieces are cut at an e...
Utrecht Heavy Duty Cross Brace T-Plates
Item #: 34149
(2)
$4.50
Utrecht Heavy Duty Cross Brace T-Plates give crossbraces additional strength. The package includes one 3" × 3" T-Plates and five screw...
Masterpiece Heavy Duty Cross Braces
Item #: 07207
(3)
$4.70 - $63.00
Masterpiece Heavy Duty Cross Braces are used with Masterpiece Heavy Duty Stretcher Strips. Braces fit snuggly into slots on the stretcher strips, and ...
Fredrix Standard Stretcher Bars
Item #: 07234
(18)
$1.55 - $6.20
Made of fine, kiln-dried, knot-free ponderosa pine. Fredrix Standard Stretcher Bars feature tongue-and-groove joinery and are molded on modern woodwor...
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Stretcher Bars and Braces
Stretch and mount cotton and linen canvas over stretcher bars and braces. Choosing the right stretcher bars is just as important as choosing the perfect canvas to paint on. Typically made from wood, metal, or a combination of the two, canvas stretcher bars are used to create the frame for finished canvas.
Cross braces provide additional support to the canvas stretcher frame, to keep it square, and to help prevent warping and twisting. Cross braces should be ordered in the same length as the stretcher bar to which they are parallel.
Cross braces can either be installed in a ladder fashion, parallel to each other, or intersecting, in a crossing manner. In order to have the cross braces intersect or cross over each other, they must be ordered notched.
Frequently Asked Questions
How are cross braces sized?
When stretching your own large canvas, you may choose to add cross braces to your frame for extra stability. For the correct fit, order the cross brace in the same size as the stretcher bar to which it is parallel. The actual measurement of the cross brace will be shorter, but it will be sized to fit inside the assembled frame.
What are the standard methods for attaching canvas to stretcher bars?
There are three standard methods: side stapling, back stapling, and spline finishing.
Side Stapling is the least expensive technique for securing the canvas to the stretcher bar because it uses less canvas. Finished pieces are generally framed to hide the staples.
Back stapling is a more expensive finishing technique and requires more canvas, but it provides more selvage for future restretching. Some artists paint on the side as well as the face, creating works that don't require framing.
Spline finishing is the most expensive finishing technique. Though some artists feel that it's not as easy to restretch a splined canvas as it is a back-stapled canvas, many artists choose splined canvas because it has a neater appearance than other finishes, and because it's popular with their customers. Splined canvas hangs tight to the wall.