Installing a Spacer:
Scroll down for directions on how to secure your artwork in a floater frame if you are not installing a spacer.
Scroll down for directions on how to secure your artwork in a floater frame if you are not installing a spacer.
Preparing your Workspace↓
Find a space to work. Layout your artwork, supplies, and tools.
Screw or Glue?↓
Measure your canvas and spacer depth. If you have a thin panel use glue. If strecher bars, select scews long enough to secure the stretchers to the spacer but not so long that they will puncture the face of your artwork.
Center the Spacer↓
Center the spacer over the back of your artwork. The spacer will be slightly smaller than your artwork to ensure it remains hidden after installation is ocmplete. The countersunk holes on the spacer should be facing upward.
Screw or Giue the Spacer to the Canvas or Panel↓
Either glue the panel to the spacer or insert the screws into the countersunk holes of the spacer and tighen to attach. Your done! Continue to install your art in a floater frame below.
Choose a method below.
(most popular)
Drill Pilot Holes↓
Drill pilot holes throught the back of the frame where you will screw the frame to artwork or spacer with attached artwork. Tip: It is usually best to place these holes about 1/4" from the inside edge of the frame to ensure that they catch the stretchers or spacer and hold.
Center the Artwork in the Frame↓
Use canvas keys or stacks of business cards to center the artwork in the floater frame.
Insert and tighen the screws↓
Carefully insert and tighten each screw through the frame to attach while keeping the artwork centered.
The Final Touch↓
Attach your D loops and wire then hang. Your finished.
Use this method if the strecther and frame surface area are to narrow to screw on directly.
Screw Clips to Frame↓
Using 2 hole offset clips, attach clips to the frame first as shown below.
Center the Artwork in the Frame↓
Use canvas keys or stacks of business cards to center the artork in the floater frame.
Insert and tighen the screws↓
Carefully insert and tighten each screw through the frame to attach while keeping the artwork centered.
The Final Touch↓
Attach D loops and wire then hang. Your finished.