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Stretcher bars are wooden pieces and a set of four such stretching bars are joined together through simple carpentry to make a rectangle or square frame. This frame is then used to stretch a canvas. Those who are associated with art colleges, art galleries and museums et al, need stretcher bars often. Such people want high quality stretcher bars for canvas at lower prices. Let's discover how to identify a good quality stretcher bars frame from a poor one.
About Canvas Stretching Bars Composition and Attributes
The most commonly used wood for making stretcher bars for canvas is kiln dried pine or fir. In order to increase the resistance of the long bars while twisting or bending, and to improve its dimensional stability, the stretcher bars are constructed using finger splicing technique. It is the method that is used to make plywood and give it a lengthy bar.
The best attraction with wholesale purchase of stretching bars is that they can provide bars in full boxes for which the customer gets 5% additional discount. But these full boxes are not inspected for quality by the manufacturers prior to delivery. However, the customer gets replacement for any errant bars in his next purchase. In order to avail this facility, one should return the errant bars within 30 days of purchase. Alternatively, the customer can also make order for individual bars, which are well inspected before their packing.
Stretcher bars for canvas are available in different styles and in varying range of lengths. The commonly available stretcher bars for canvas are as follows:
Medium/ standard duty bars having a size of " deep X 1 5/8" wide;
Light duty bars having 5/8" deep X 1 3/16" wide;
Medium/heavy duty-goldilocks bars of 1 3/16" deep X 1 3/16" wide;
Heavy duty-midi bars of 1 " deep X 1 " wide;
Super heavy duty bars of 1 " deep X 2" wide
This wide range of product availability helps the buyer to choose the perfect one for his requirement and order for the product online. Just make the order and find the stretcher frames will get delivered at your doorstep in shortest turnaround time.
