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Bonding canvas to wood

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I’m looking for a sure fire way of bonding canvas to wood. I’ve been using Golden GAC 1000 acrylic medium which has been ok but I noticed a bit of lift on a panel I made a few weeks ago.

Is there a PVA that would be suitable? I need to be able to make quite large sizes so it needs to spread well. I use a vacuum bag to apply pressure.

Any thoughts?
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I always use Titebond 1 in my vacuum bag when gluing veneers to wood. It would be a good idea to size the back of the canvas with dilute Titebond first and let that dry.
I do that on burl veneers to prevent the glue bleeding through on to the surface.
As it's canvas you are gluing, you could dilute the PVA just a bit to help spread on to the canvas back and then paint on to the wood as well.
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Have a look at Weldbond. I have it in stock because it dries clear. It says it does fabrics too. Very good bond strength according to some comparison tests I found online.
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Unibond. It's basically thin PVA. The main thing is to keep it under weight while it dries. :wink:
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