DIY Solid Wood Canvas Frame Kit 14 x18 Inch for Oil Painting & Wall Art - Customized Wooden Art Frames for Paintings & Canvases - Easy to Build Canvas Stretching System - Framed Picture Accessories

I was delightfully surprised though it wasn’t what I was expecting. Maybe I didn’t read the listing carefully but in the end it was even simpler to do than what I originally expected and it’s a very ingenious design. There are adhesive strips that secure the canvas to the frame sides and then you roll the sides toward the center and push clip with large staples into pre drilled holes for them. Marking plotting lines on the back of the canvas before adhering the frame sides helped tremendously. It only took like 10 minutes to do. I would definitely go this route again next time I need to stretch a canvas

This was my First time stretching a canvas and this kit had easy to follow directions and made the process as easy as could be expected. After purchasing this kit in 48” x 36” and letting it sit for 6 months I realized that I ordered the wrong dimensions. I contacted the P&L Art customer service and they sent me the correct sized bars (2-32” to replace the 36”) that I needed for the width free of charge. Great customer service and for that I would definitely recommend.A few notes on assembly. If you have never stretched a canvas do yourself a favor and watch a YouTube video or two before starting. I didn’t and wished I had just to better prepare on how to staple canvas. Second, I did buy staple gun, staple remover, and canvas stretcher pliers and used all three which are not part of this kit. I think I would have had a loose canvas if I hadn’t have used them. And last, I didn’t cut and tuck the corners per the kit instructions. I was just too afraid to cut into my canvas so I folded and stapled instead. Also, these bars result in a wider, gallery style wrap. For the canvas I stretched, I Intend to frame it and the gallery thickness may make that more difficult but the cost savings will surely out weight that.I did have one side of my frame that I over stretched and can see it slightly bending inward (on left side of picture) so be careful to not do that. That is where watching some YouTube videos will help. There is a pattern in which it is recommended to stretch and staple to get canvas taught without overstretching. I unfortunately viewed the video after I had already stretched and stapled my canvas per the kit instructions and still had a little slack in the canvas that I needed to fix. Some stretchers come with middle support bars which would have prevented this but this kit does not. Since I originally ordered the width to wide and the company sent me replacement bars for the width, I’m going to cut the extra bars that they didn’t make me return and use them as a support bar.I can say that I stapled and removed staples several times (all from the very back of the canvas in the white space) and feel that if I hated it I could still take it to a professional and nothing I did would prevent them from wrapping as usual, so the risk of screwing it up with this kit is minimal. With that being said, I probably would choose professional canvas stretching if I had been mounting and expensive piece of artwork. Mine was a photo canvas so replacement was not an issue if I botched it.

It's okay, it comes with and a few other bumps, but it worked

Ordered the 36" by 48" spreader bar set to frame a large painted canvas. It was an abstract artwork so didn't care too much about edges and such, but if you are more particular that might be an issue. The instructions were a little hard to follow but we figured it out. Adhesion worked well, but at first when we put it together the canvas wasn't very taut at all. We used a mallet and hammered in the corner frame pieces and that made it more taut, but the bindings they give to hold the edges in place aren't very good so needed to be hammered into place better also. The wood is not very good quality at all, but it also meant I could use a regular stapler to staple the canvas down to the frame to reinforce the adhesion. All in all, it did the job and we were able to hang our canvas, but if you want a really good quality framed canvas, this isn't it.

Super easy to mount this Indian folk-art fabric painting, though a $16 staple gun is pretty much a requirement. I used it to staple the wood frame together first (the big staple-like clips didn’t work well for me), then stretched the painting with artists tape and then staples in the middle of each side, then untaped and used the adhesive that comes on each outer side of the frame, and stapled to reinforce that. Half hour in total, and they did custom sizing in half-inch dimensions with no issues at all. An under $50 framing project.

Important to follow the instructions. It wasn't too hard to put together. But the sticky tape on some of the sides didn't adhere well and I needed to add glue.

Loved the product..easy to assemble… great lnstructions and picture looks great!

These things are amazing!!!! Michael's wanted like $100 a piece to frame my canvas. I was worried this kit would be difficult for me since I had never stretched canvas before, but these things made me look like an expert! Perfectly stretched canvas with no wrinkles, and tight enough to have a drum skin like tightness. Just follow the simple step by step instructions, and any idiot can look like a pro!!!! I couldn't be more pleased with the product and the outcome!