At first I used full strength TBII. My thinking is that it would stick better to the canvas and hold. After the first lay up I thinned it down just enough for the brush to feel like it was gliding across the surface. The full strength glue was just too hard to get to spread. It also seemed to stick better to the canvas. I think that the thinned TBII was able to flow into the canvas better than the full strength. When I started the canvas did not want to stick well and kept falling down. I let the glue dry just a bit and tried again. It started to stick. Not well, but progress
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. I wetted the canvas with the spray bottle in a attempt to get it to stick better and pull the glue into the fibers. Not dripping wet, but well wetted. It stuck.
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- Gluing
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Once the canvas appeared to be sticking good I pushed the rolled canvas under the stuck canvas so I had access the ceiling again. At this point is where I decided to thin the TBII some. Also, I decided not to try and glue all the way to the wall and leave a 2" section unglued. Just too hard to work in this area. This went better than the first section. I was able to unroll the canvas and position under the area I just glued. Then I would pull out the canvas in the center with my hand and then roll out from center to the edges with my roller.
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- Canvas out of the way
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- Moved into place for gluing
Moved into place for gluing
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I still had some issues to address. The first piece was starting to pull away from the edges some. Rolled them back out and though I need something to hold the edges down. Luckily I had some push pins handy and a method was born......
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