Hi! I'm not familiar with the Dollar Store frames. I would have to know the thickness of the frame itself and how wide the wood part of each side is. This helps me find out how much fabric I'll need to wrap it around so that it meets at least 3/4 of the way on the backside of each frame piece so you have enough room to staple the canvas to the frame. I would cut out at least 2-3" extra around the frame. (So, that would be 9" x 11" if allowing only 2" extra and 10" x 12" if 3" extra.) Lean on cutting the fabric on the larger. You can always cut to size after doing so and even after attaching the canvas with the staples.
hello is varnish still needed for canvases like that? i am trying to stay away from varnish my body reacts really bad to the smell i just want the canvases to be protected from scratch ...
Hi @zeromission8838! I would say that is optional. I have never varnished any of my sublimation canvas prints. The sublimation inks are dyed into the poly canvas using a heat press so the color shouldn't fade or scratch as sublimation inks are not paints like oil based acrylic or watercolor. I would use varnish on an actual painting that I do with brushes because those took lots of time and I would want to protect them as much as possible or if I was looking to give it a certain glossy sheen but I consider these sublimation prints on canvases "disposable." If ever they get ruined, I can always replace the canvas with a new one with the same image by printing it again and then using a heat press to press the image onto new poly canvas. Hope this answers your question!
I'm using the Dollar Store Frames with polyester fabric. How much for each side? The frame is 5x7
Hi! I'm not familiar with the Dollar Store frames. I would have to know the thickness of the frame itself and how wide the wood part of each side is. This helps me find out how much fabric I'll need to wrap it around so that it meets at least 3/4 of the way on the backside of each frame piece so you have enough room to staple the canvas to the frame. I would cut out at least 2-3" extra around the frame. (So, that would be 9" x 11" if allowing only 2" extra and 10" x 12" if 3" extra.) Lean on cutting the fabric on the larger. You can always cut to size after doing so and even after attaching the canvas with the staples.
@@SewandPrintwithJulia ok. Thanks so much.
hello is varnish still needed for canvases like that? i am trying to stay away from varnish my body reacts really bad to the smell i just want the canvases to be protected from scratch ...
Hi
@zeromission8838! I would say that is optional. I have never varnished any of my sublimation canvas prints. The sublimation inks are dyed into the poly canvas using a heat press so the color shouldn't fade or scratch as sublimation inks are not paints like oil based acrylic or watercolor. I would use varnish on an actual painting that I do with brushes because those took lots of time and I would want to protect them as much as possible or if I was looking to give it a certain glossy sheen but I consider these sublimation prints on canvases "disposable." If ever they get ruined, I can always replace the canvas with a new one with the same image by printing it again and then using a heat press to press the image onto new poly canvas. Hope this answers your question!
@@SewandPrintwithJulia thank you so much
hello i don't have a sublimation printer is there any other way i can do this process?