Gallery wraps provide an attractive, lightweight way to display photo enlargements and art reproductions on canvas or fabric. Wraps can also be used for signage, retail displays, or backdrops.

With LexJet’s new Sunset Stretcher Bar Kits, anyone can convert a print on canvas or fabric into a professional-quality gallery wrap. No special tools or equipment are required.  Each kit comes with everything needed to make one sturdy, ready-to-hang wrap in minutes with no leftover hardware.  In addition to many standard and panoramic formats, LexJet will sell the kits in custom sizes with bars up to 8 ft. (96 in.) long.

Each Sunset Stretcher Bar kit includes:  

• Four 1-in. wide poplar-wood stretcher bars, in depths of  1.5 or 2.25 in.;
• Back (or corner) braces for long-term durability;
• Industrial-strength corner clips;
• Glue; and
• Hanging wire.

Two methods can be used to make the wraps. Both methods involve positioning and adhering the bars on the back of your canvas print, folding up the bars, and using the corner clips to hold the bars and canvas in place. The Pro Method (shown below) requires a staple gun and involves stapling the canvas to the back of the bars. A step-by-step guide for producing the wraps is available on LexJet’s website.

The Return Method is a fast, convenient option for wraps intended for short-term use. In this method, you simply trim the canvas to the depth of the printed return (the borders showing on the outside edges of the wrap). Then, you simply use the double-sided tape and glue supplied with the kit to adhere the print to the outside edges of the stretcher bars.  

Sunset Stretcher Bar Kits are ideal for use with inkjet prints that output on LexJet’s Sunset Select Canvas and protected with Sunset Coatings, the kits can be used with any art canvas, as well as decorative fabrics, including many of the inkjet-printable fabrics available from LexJet.  

Call a LexJet account specialist at 800-453-9538 for more details or read the article in Vol. 4, No. 11 of LexJet’s In Focus newsletter.

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