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Originally Posted by Sharon Knettell
Mr. Doak informed me that the lead primed canvasses take one month to "cure". He said I could use the quicker titanium primer, but you will have to use a panel as the titanium is too brittle for a streched canvas.
What's a girl to do?.
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This is not to advocate for the home-made-canvas. But I think wee should consider this: When a canvas is primed at the factory it will be rolled immediately when it is "dry". Then comes a period of "curing", that may be a hardening process, I believe.
One day we buy the canvas in the shop and stretch it. Then, what happens? The dry curved paint will crack, won