Cleaning and Caring for Canvas Art

If cared for properly, a work of canvas art will yield a lifetime of richly textured beauty and detail. To ensure your canvas art remains as beautiful as the day you bought it, here are some care and cleaning tips:

1. Try to hang your canvas art in an area with moderate temperature and humidity levels. Extreme heat, cold, humidity and temperature fluctuations may damage your artwork or cause it to warp.

2. Avoid hanging your canvas art in direct sunlight. Regardless of whether the highest-quality fade-resistant inks are used, when exposed to direct sunlight they will fade over time.

3. If you are storing a canvas artwork, take care not to lean the image against anything — doing so may cause stretching or puckering of the canvas.

4. If you notice a dust buildup on your work of art, you can lightly dust it with a soft, dry, lint-free cloth. Electrostatic dust cloths and feather dusters also work well. You shouldn’t need to dust more than once every few years.

5. Never, ever use water to clean your canvas artwork. Water droplets may bead and permanently damage the canvas.

6. Do not use solvents or cleaners of any kind on your canvas art print.

7. When carrying canvas art, it’s best to hold the artwork by the frame or the outer edge of the stretcher bars. If you loop your fingers under the stretcher bars, you may inadvertently “stretch” the painting away from the stretcher.