Have you ever come across a creased or wrinkled Painting by numbers canvas?

We know how disappointing it is.

In this video we’ll show you how you may be able to fix it.

Below you can see the transcription to the video.

Enjoy it.

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Hi guys, It's Olivia from Grandart. 

Today we are trying to get rid of creases. 

Two, to be precise.

Many of you wonder if that’s actually possible,

so we decided to make a little experiment for you.

First, we will iron the canvas with a cloth or towel between the canvas and the iron.

Then without the cloth. 

And then using steam.

Here we have a cotton canvas with our design “astronaut”. 

We couldn’t stop ourselves from starting this beautiful painting

that’s why you can see the right hand coloured.

Initially, we were planning to fold it in half, 

leaving a crease in the middle, but honestly, we couldn’t do it.

We were not sure how this experiment would turn out in the end.

We are not used to dealing with folded canvases and creases, they’re not our type.

So instead, we folded the margin on both sides  

and left them under a pile of books for a couple of days.

Alright, let’s get down to it. 

Let’s put a towel on the table so it’s protected from the hot iron,

and then the canvas with the reverse side up.

And get the iron ready.  

We put a cloth on the canvas 

and we press the iron firmly.

It didn’t do that much. 

Let’s try it for a bit longer.

No 

It’s still not right,  

it’s a bit better now  

but nowhere near we would like it to be.

We’ll need to do a short one without the cloth

careful here not to leave it for too long. 

That will do. 

Much better.

It’s not perfect,  

but our expectations weren’t high in the first place. 

Let’s compare the creases 

we didn’t do anything with this one yet, you can see the crease.

It's very prominent. 

And this is the one we’ve just ironed,

you can see a slight difference. 

Afraid to damage the canvas?

I would call it a day.  

But that’s not what we were planning for you, so let’s get the iron ready again.

This time with steam 

Let’s cross our fingers and hope for the best.

Well... 

the ink is still visible, as it should be.  

That’s good, It didn’t fade. 

It’s still hot. 

It doesn’t seem to be much better than the previous attempt without steam. 

Maybe just slightly better. 

It’s barely noticeable though,

Actually, you may not even see it here. 

What I can see now

is that the canvas became wavy. 

You can see all these bulges that are making the surface irregular.

Was it worth to use steam? 

I don’t think so.

Creases are almost the same on both sides  

while the canvas is wavy now.

It’s not the end of the world.  

I am sure once mounted and stretched on a frame it would look straight and flat.

I think if we were to leave it frameless 

it would be a bit annoying to paint over the waves

and I’m not so sure about the final result. 

We were ready to see the ink disappearing, or at least fading.

But nothing like that happened.

Instead, we came across a completely different issue,  

which we were not expecting by the way. 

Maybe we should’ve used less steam? 

For sure.

The canvas would’ve not ended up as bumpy 

But that wouldn’t have improved the creases in any way.

So as a conclusion,  

what have we learned from this experiment? 

Well first, we should avoid folded canvases if possible.  

But if we have to get rid of the creases in the future,

we'll definitely iron it without a cloth

and without steam. 

It’s not a perfect solution.  

I don’t know if such exists.

But who knows? If you are not too picky, you may be happy with the outcome.

Thanks for watching. 

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