No better prices for Heavy Duty 1 1/2" stretcher bars found on the market! Any where!
- Sold by the unit, not by the pair.
- 1 ½ deep (depth is how far they hang off wall) and 1 ½ wide.
- All bars are made with top quality pine wood, a denser wood than fir or paulownia, the other two woods commonly used for stretcher bars. Because pine grows more slowly than fir and paulownia, it is also less likely to have knots.
- Contain a very well beveled lip. A well beveled lip allows for minimum contact with canvas so there is no shadow; a well beveled lip allows for a tightly stretched canvas with neat, definitive edges. If a stretcher bar has a sharp edge, it runs the risk of creating cracking and tearing in the canvas over time.
- Keyable. Keys are used to tighten canvas over time and should be placed in frame only after canvas has been stretched. Keys are available upon request. If you would like keys, please send an email to us at info@frenchcanvas.com right after placing order. If you have any questions concerning keys, please contact us at above-mentioned email.
- Tongue and groove ends allow for quick and easy assembling. Bars fit right together with no need for glue, staples, or screws. We recommend using a rubber mallet to gently assemble.
- Stretcher bars starting at 30 have a slot in center of bar to allow for placement of a cross bar. No need for cross bracing with bars under 30.
- Cross bar sizes and prices are listed in table below stretcher bars. Scroll down to see them.
- There is a groove in the middle of cross bars in case you need both a vertical and horizontal cross bar.
- No fancy formulas for determining stretcher bar size you need. You would choose same size as stretcher bar.
- What size cross bar would I need for a-
- 16 x 20 Frame (none)
- 24 x 36 Frame (one 24 cross bar)
- 12 x 40 Frame (one 12 cross bar)
- 36 x 48 Frame (one 36 cross bar and one 48 cross bar)
- In this product line, there is never the need for more than one cross bar in a specific direction.
- Because we sell solely online and do not have to pay for retail space, we are able to offer our products at lower prices.
- Because our focus is on selling to the professional art market, we focus on quality. We believe that our quality for price ratio is the best on the market. If you find it for less money, be wary of the quality.
- There are several factors that help to determine the stretcher bar that you should be using:
- Size of stretcher frame
- Is there a big difference between the length and width (a frame where one dimension is double or more that of the other has a greater chance of warping)
- Will you be framing your final piece
- Aesthetics. How deep do you want piece to hang off wall.
- Your budget.
- If you are not sure which depth is right for you, please call us at (800) 934 3424 or email us at info@frenchcanvas.com, and we will try to guide you in your decision.
- Generally speaking, there are three types of wood that are used on the US market: paulownia, fir, and pine with wide ranges in quality for each wood.
- The slower a wood grows, the denser it tends to be and less susceptible to knots.
- After years of experience, we have found that generally speaking, pine tends to offer the best long term quality and that paulownia tends to offer the least. Low priced products on the market tend to be made with paulownia wood.
- We use top quality pine wood in all our product lines with the exception of the standard (3/4 deep) up to 29 in length in which case we currently use fir wood. 30 and above use pine wood. We do this because we want to offer top quality product but at the best prices as well. Because pine grows more slowly than fir, it costs more to buy on the global market. We feel that fir is a good option for smaller size stretcher bars in this line.
Buy in packs of 30 and get a 10% discount. Click here to order in packs of 30 .
Also available in our Stretcher Bars Line :
Standard Stretcher Bars & Extra Heavy Duty Stretcher Bars . |
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