We will begin this blog post on stretching acrylic paintings by reminiscing with the older cohort of us who might recall the eponymous, mid 1980's Castrol oil company's advertisements featuring Sol, the Mafia Don, and his mafiosi confederates.  We were darkly warned that not all engine oils were the same, even though they may have smelled and looked the same.  To same extent, the same applies to many paintings on canvas that we see coming through our picture framing workship.  The catalyst for the creation of this post, once again was sparked by one of our Customers.  The gentleman in question had just brought back from Indonesia a large, colourful, expensive "oil" painting which he wanted stretched on a stretcher frame and float framed. On inspecting the painting  on our framing counter during the custom ...