Stretching Watercolor Paper
by Marcia Minnichhofer on 11/07/14
I ended up trimming the backboard so that I could reach the center of the painting. Wet one side of the paper, flipped it over to the painting side and wet that too. Got rid of as many bubbles as I could by wetting the board under the
bubbles. Stapled the wet paper to the board. A couple of bubbles still. Better to have too many
than not enough staples. Note- gatorboard is not the same as foamboard
which will bend as paper shrinks. Smaller paper can be soaked in a clean bath tub.
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