Improper storage of stretched canvases can leave your finished paintings or carefully prepared surfaces vulnerable to damage. Paintings that seemed dry could stick together if stored facing each other, for example. If a sharp point or any other object exerts pressure on a stretched canvas, it will warp or possibly even rip the canvas surface. Store canvases carefully to avoid any such damage.
Instructions
Against a Wall
1. Remove any eye-screws or hanging wire from the backs of the canvases. Otherwise, these pieces might poke into an adjacent canvas.
2. Stack canvases against the wall so that they all face the same direction, eliminating the possibility that two paintings' surfaces might stick together.
3. Place the canvases against the wall in order from largest to smallest.
4. Place canvases in alternating directions. Place one canvas vertically and the next horizontally. This ensures that the pressure of the canvas will fall against the adjacent canvas's stretcher bars.
In a Storage Rack
5. Place canvases upright in the storage rack so that they lean against the rack's partitions.
6. Place only one canvas in each storage section if you have space.
7. Place multiple canvases back-to-back if you do not have the space to give each canvas its own section.
