Transporting wet oil paintings turned out to be a NERVEWRACKING experience for me, I was so worried I would dump the canvas upside-down while I was driving or brush them against something and smear the paint. Googled how to travel with wet canvas, found someone mentioning these off-handedly, and I can honestly say I would recommend them to any artist out there that has to deal with moving their oil paintings before drying. Especially useful if you are taking painting classes and can't leave your canvas in the classroom. I would recommend two things though. One, use a decent quality stretched canvas. If your canvas is not tight enough, or braced properly, it might flop against the opposing canvas and render both paintings ruined. And two, use these with a blank canvas and your wet painting. That way you only have to worry about not smearing one painting instead of two.
Oh and one more thing, if you are transporting bigger canvasses, say 36" x 48" and up, I would recommend using two packs of these clips just to be safe and to make transport easier. I am using these on 18" x 24" canvas and they work perfectly.I used these with still-wet oil paintings. I did have to touch up the places where the clips went on to the painted side of the canvas but was pleased with the overall quality and utility.
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