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If a pre made canvas gets damaged beyond repair but the frame is still OK, what do you do? One option is to strip the damage canvas and stretch your own. People often stretch their own canvas because it can prove cheaper than buying pre made ones and you can make it to the size that you want. For this you will need the following:- UN primed Cotton Canvas Four stretchers or a pre made frame (the wood that makes up the frame, you can make these yourself) Staple Gun (or carpet tacks and a hammer) Corner Keys (the wedges used to tighten your finished canvas) Canvas Pliers First of all join the stretchers together. Lay them out and push the corners together. Check that the corners are at right angles with a book or something similar. Roll out the canvas and put the frame on top of it, then cut it to size bearing in mind that the canvas has to fold over the frame to be stapled on the back. Be generous with the canvas you can trim excess off later when you've...