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Title: Gluing canvas
Post by: chez on September 28, 2016, 02:07:02 pm: Other than Miracle Muck and Glamour II, what type of glue do you use to adhere canvas to gatorboard. Being in Canada, I don't have access to Miracle Muck.
Title: Re: Gluing canvas
Post by: Landscapes on September 28, 2016, 06:12:50 pm: Honestly, I have had luck with white glue that has been thinned out with water so that I could get a nice even coat laid down before it dried up. It was stuck to a dense piece of particle board type material and still looks great years later.
Title: Re: Gluing canvas
Post by: chez on September 29, 2016, 08:47:41 am: Quote from: Landscapes on September 28, 2016, 06:12:50 pm
Honestly, I have had luck with white glue that has been thinned out with water so that I could get a nice even coat laid down before it dried up. It was stuck to a dense piece of particle board type material and still looks great years later.

So that's just the regular white carpenters glue?
Title: Re: Gluing canvas
Post by: Landscapes on September 29, 2016, 10:33:53 am: Quote from: chez on September 29, 2016, 08:47:41 am
So that's just the regular white carpenters glue?

Yes, that is what I used. Actually... it may have even been something like this, a pH neutral white glue. I see it in my local art stores around here as well.

https://www.amazon.com/Lineco-White-Neutral-pH-Adhesive/dp/B001I6FEHE

I remember reading somewhere what the Miracle Muck isn't really anything more fancy than regular white glue anyway.
Title: Re: Gluing canvas
Post by: BobShaw on September 29, 2016, 06:37:30 pm: According to Mr Google Miracle Muck is a PVA glue, so it is probably the same as all other standard clear PVA woodworking glue. We have Aquadhere in Australia.
Title: Re: Gluing canvas
Post by: chez on September 30, 2016, 09:30:52 am: Thanks everyone, I located some PVA glue at a local art shop. Will give this a try.
Title: Re: Gluing canvas
Post by: Ken Doo on September 30, 2016, 10:32:18 am: If you're going to use glue----I would use the Lineco PH neutral glue.

ken
Title: Re: Gluing canvas
Post by: chez on September 30, 2016, 08:38:27 pm: Quote from: Ken Doo on September 30, 2016, 10:32:18 am
If you're going to use glue----I would use the Lineco PH neutral glue.

ken

Thanks, that is what I picked up.
Title: Re: Gluing canvas
Post by: danvsjr on October 19, 2016, 12:06:53 am: Mod Podge works nicely. As stated in an earlier post, most of these water based glues will buckle foam core and many of the less stiff media.
Title: Re: Gluing canvas
Post by: dgberg on October 19, 2016, 05:37:07 am: Would not use foam core unless you are going small. Many non businesses still use it for its ease of cutting and cost.
We used to mount small canvases to foam core (Under 16x20) but no longer use any foam core.
Too easy to dent and bend. 100% gatorboard, even for the small pieces.
We use Miracle Muck but also mount a lot of canvas through our laminator using Seals Print Mount Ultra.
Title: Re: Gluing canvas
Post by: dennmorr on October 21, 2016, 12:30:14 am: I use 1/8th inch white hardboard and glue onto the white side. I glue with Miracle Muck and have had good results.