LOL I almost spit my coffee when you said you were gonna contact the seller and out came the knife!!! Thank you for showing up close and personal how to fix rivers. I'm one of "those" that have refused to fix my paintings thus far (as I believe I shouldn't have to fix something I've paid for). BUT....but, I have a couple Houcan that I reallllly really like, haven't found anywhere else, and so I'm gonna try this method to fix them. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that if it ain't poured glue, I won't buy it.
So I know you said that most of us have seen all these types of videos. But, everyone does things differently. even if you're all thinking you're doing the same technique each of you bring your own take or your own spin. I personally really liked yours because it was methodical. the zooming in really helped to see the problems and it helps me know that if I do encounter this issue I have basically a step by step guide to show me. Very thorough as always. Thank you again!!
I’m so happy to see your video. I’m new to DP, I have a canvas with rivers and I didn’t know how to fix it. Your working so close and explaining out loud was very helpful. When trying to fix it, I will revisit your video. Thank you! 😊
I have one that I'm working on now that has rivers and I'm just trying to flatten it out as I go I didn't know it that there was a way of fixing it but I'm so glad that somebody else in my group on Facebook brought it up cuz I didn't even know that it was called the rivers to me it was just buckled tape
Always good to have a refresher on fixing our DPing! I have not been ordering off aliexpress too much at all lately because of so many of the “better” stores seeming to have issues now! I don’t know what’s happening! Maybe their trying to turn out the DPs so fast to compete with other stores that the quality is really starting to be effected, just my opinion though! Who knows, anywho Tfs, til next time!
Yes, and there seems to be a monopoly with the resin. I am waiting to buy more until later in the year. I have a huge order to make with DIYMoonShop. ;)
Thanks for sharing! I don't know why I'm watching these videos, I haven't had any problems with my canvases, but I guess I just like listening to your voice :D
hi Rachel, i’m catching up on your videos and this is very helpful, because i just revived 2 paintings in the mail today and they both had these “rivers”. not as bad as the ones you had though. the one i was so looking forward to since it was a saint bernard. i will try the tips you gave. thank you!
@@AnAngelsMum some canvases are just too pricey to use as experiments. I am tired of either getting the brush off or treated like a moron from all the DP companies, so I spend a lot of time trying to repair canvases. Unfortunately I can not repair drill gaps with square ones. Popping drills I spend time removing them and replacing them with smaller ones.
Hi Rachel, can I suggest that you pull off the adhesive and replace it first and complete it using spare drills. I am doing that with one of mine that was in a really bad state. :)
Wonderful video Rachel thank you so much for sharing I have never got a diamond painting that has had a river or bubble in it because ive never boughten any other than DAC last month i started buying from other companies so thank you for a very informative video now I know how to fix something if I do have a problem I hope you have a wonderful day and a fantastic weekend I may not always comment but I do watch well mainly listen because I work life LOL
Double sided tape is notorious for big rivers in the tape. When a diamond painting has a paper cover, it is double sided tape. If it has a clear cover, it is poured glue and a better painting. When it has bad rivers, you should, rather than cut it, which causes it's own issues. Use a spatula tool and push the river together, each side, then to the end. (Top or bottom) It pushes the air bubble to the end of the canvas where it can escape. I've been doing these for 6 years, so I'm not a beginner. 👍😊
So before you spend hours placing the drills, I feel this question should be asked. If the glue layer is separating from the fabric canvas before the weight of the drills are added, what will prevent the glue from separating from the fabric after the drills are applied?
My room mate accidentally spilled oil on my canvas...it's not sticky now at all. I've got as much of it off as I can Any options to avoid throwing it away? Spray adhesive? I have no idea. I'm about 18 hours into this one. :( Ps. I love your channel 💕💕
I had a thought while watching this... I know this is going to sound complicated, but I'm wondering if it would work.... I've seen some like to cut off the adhesive on the outside edges when it's that double-sided adhesive. So I'm thinking... couldn't the same be done for rivers? Cut out the bad area, pull it up and then use something like Tack it Again and Again or even double-sided tape to replace the sticky? Maybe we could try that on a "throwaway" canvas.
Yes, that is definitely an option! I wish I lived in the USA still so I could easily find it. I'll try my best to find an alternative and give it a try. :) Thank you!
Your rivers in this video are large. I have one with much thinner rivers but they are ALL over. I've used the exact knife and followed your directions but they are still there. What should I do?
Hi Rachel, after you got rid of the rivers, wrinkles, etc, does the canvas still stay sticky? Isn't this spot getting less sticky after scratching? Or is this just fine? Thanks in advance ❤️
I've so far only bought cheep canvases from stores like Stacks and Daiso in Australia and rivers are such a big problem in all of them! Looking into supporting some Australian independent sellers and not buy cheap ones anymore but the other thing with alot of cheap ones is they just have one single plastic film across the ENTIRE CANVAS which I think makes the rivers appear more and also makes the glue dry. I'm working on a cheaper one right now ($5 AUD from Stacks) and holy crap the glue is just drying too quickly while I'm painting that it makes it difficult for the gems to stick to towards the end of a particular section 🙄
Hey Rachel 😁 I just wanted to ask you( since ur a pro) how to remove rivers without an exacto knife. I do not own an exacto knife but I do own a knife 🔪 will a knife work?
I have recently just received custom canvas that has massive rivers in it. I think they are almost too big to be fixable 😕 I will give your technique a go though because I don't want to wait another 4 weeks for a replacement to arrive! Also I have just recently got into diamond paintings and I love all your videos ❤️
Never apologise, I’ve now seen two canvas repairs, yours and Ella’s, as for the canvas? Repair it and play around with the colours, there are a rainbow of possibilities.
Thank you for sharing don't toss the canvas keep it to practice and show us..."how and what to do if this or that happens "... just a thought..😊 stay safe and have a wonderful Weekend ! 💕🦋🇨🇭
That is exactly I how I feel about HomFun on Aliexpress - I am on my 2nd one out 4 that I ordered - the bubbles and rivers are insane on one of the 2 left the glue is coming off... I tried the knife I tried everything and nothing will help. The drills are popping off I am going to have to glue them down. I am going to try the diagonal approach now.
I just opened my 2nd custom from Homfun and I’m Very upset!!! Tons of rivers and in one comer the glue is coming off! I’ve had it a month or longer while I worked on my 1st custom! I got it finished but I had drills popping off everywhere!! I plan to send them pictures of this canvas
Wow, that first one is really bad!!!! And then I had to watch you pull back the paper on the 2nd one twice, because I could not believe what I saw the first time. I agree with you 100% about us needing to stand up to get the quality products we pay for. I'm glad the second canvas is better, and I would likely just keep the canvas, but be ready to toss it if I need to use the drills for another project that I liked better. I'm dying to find out how the drills for this project turn out!! 😘💖
I just recently received a canvas with really bad rivers. I contacted the company and all they said was to place books on the canvas and they would go away. Does that actually work? There's a good 15 or so rivers in it. I wanted a replacement but they are not budging
I would try to rip off the glue and save the canvas. A nice piece to use storage drills on and maybe gift to someone. Buy adhesive tape or glue each drill down.
Oh maaaan! I can't remember at the top of my head, but did you also have a fuyun with this issue or is it just Oly? (I'm kind of hoping that there is just one very incompetent person working at Oly.) This is so annoying, especially because this adhesive is actually so great, I enjoyed it a lot, even though it was a single diamond at a time project LOL
I do have a fuyun with this issue. I don't remember if it was there in the unboxing... *checking * I can't hear my voice but it starts around 5min in... ua-cam.com/video/IzXCOG1o5DM/v-deo.html
Hi Rachel. That is one nasty canvas. The second one was a lot better. We should not have to fix the them if they did it right in the first place. Thank you for sharing. Have a great weekend.
I'm curious if anyone has tried using a hair dryer or heat gun on rivers? It seem like a good possibility that the glue is applied warm, so it may help to warm it back up!
@@RachelRaeCraft I have seen a couple of her video's, but in all honesty, other than a select few that I connected with early on, everyone else tends to blur together. There are just so many channels, and I tried to watch everyone for awhile, but you know how that goes! I'll definitely check out Diamond in the Rough 's channel! Thank you!
I personally have given up on Diamond Painting. I have tried all the big reputable companies that people talk about being great, not that it’s their fault, but I get them and they are so full of rivers and bubbles I would spend days trying to get the bubbles out, the rivers ruin the canvas completely. I try to talk to the companies, take pictures and the responses are awful. With one they sent me a canvas in the same condition as the defective one. I was so looking forward to this, I’m disabled and this was supposed to be fun. Not fun!!!!
I got 2 paintings from there, the first was the popping diamonds was awful second the rivers are just like your painting. I tell everyone not to buy from there. If they would just care about the product it might be better ya know.
I can't put only cents on my credit card. My bank will block my credit card thinking it to be a fraudulent activity. I don't blame bank. They are only looking after us. These Diamond Painting stores need to raise an internal method for raising tracking on problem orders. It is their problem. We don't pay for substandard items. We are already inconvenienced when issues arise. One DP I bought had missing drills., I knew my card would be instantly blocked. I had no choice but to purchase the drill separately when I made another purchase later on. I have reached the disappointed slash annoyed point, where the pleasure of DP is ebbing away. In all honesty I am now getting into Dot Painting. It is more relaxing and requires more artist input. It is a pity but I am just tired of the buyer agro that seems to be becoming more frequent, unless we spend a lot of money on our canvases, frankly as a pensioner I can't afford it. It is more likely that it is just me and the place I am in at present with up coming surgery, but truly it has just become too much of late for me. Mind I still like being pat of unboxings and WIP & chats, even though I don't join in. More of us need to be trying to get this replacement issue sorted with sellers, instead of accepting interior products.
Omg that first one was bad! Gorl I'm making a video tomorrow of my awful mermaid painting that I got feom HOMFUN. Its cringe worthy .. like they need to fix these issues! And they shouldnt have charged you a dime for their mistakes
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How frustrating. It sucks, since I really like the image. I’ve been having a lot of China mail issues, too. I think I’m going to stop ordering from AliExpress for a while.
"I am going to contact the seller" she says as she whips out a knife!!! 😂😂 I loved that timing.
Was that the inner demon coming out? Hahaha
LOL I almost spit my coffee when you said you were gonna contact the seller and out came the knife!!! Thank you for showing up close and personal how to fix rivers. I'm one of "those" that have refused to fix my paintings thus far (as I believe I shouldn't have to fix something I've paid for). BUT....but, I have a couple Houcan that I reallllly really like, haven't found anywhere else, and so I'm gonna try this method to fix them. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that if it ain't poured glue, I won't buy it.
How do you Google and find poured glue diamonds
New to DP, great tips. I have a canvas that will not lay flat so I will try this.
So I know you said that most of us have seen all these types of videos. But, everyone does things differently. even if you're all thinking you're doing the same technique each of you bring your own take or your own spin. I personally really liked yours because it was methodical. the zooming in really helped to see the problems and it helps me know that if I do encounter this issue I have basically a step by step guide to show me. Very thorough as always. Thank you again!!
Glad to help, thanks Egirl!
I’m so happy to see your video. I’m new to DP, I have a canvas with rivers and I didn’t know how to fix it. Your working so close and explaining out loud was very helpful. When trying to fix it, I will revisit your video. Thank you! 😊
I have one that I'm working on now that has rivers and I'm just trying to flatten it out as I go I didn't know it that there was a way of fixing it but I'm so glad that somebody else in my group on Facebook brought it up cuz I didn't even know that it was called the rivers to me it was just buckled tape
Very very new on this only a week that I find out about this beautiful art,learning a lot watching your videos ,can’t wait to try it 🤗
I'm pretty new to this craft and this video has been very helpful. Thank you 💜
More stories please!!! Love when you talk to us even if you read stories lol
Thank you for the tip❤
Always good to have a refresher on fixing our DPing! I have not been ordering off aliexpress too much at all lately because of so many of the “better” stores seeming to have issues now! I don’t know what’s happening! Maybe their trying to turn out the DPs so fast to compete with other stores that the quality is really starting to be effected, just my opinion though! Who knows, anywho Tfs, til next time!
Yes, and there seems to be a monopoly with the resin. I am waiting to buy more until later in the year. I have a huge order to make with DIYMoonShop. ;)
Thanks for sharing! I don't know why I'm watching these videos, I haven't had any problems with my canvases, but I guess I just like listening to your voice :D
Aww thanks *blush *
I think Rachel has the BEST UA-cam voice. 🥰
hi Rachel, i’m catching up on your videos and this is very helpful, because i just revived 2 paintings in the mail today and they both had these “rivers”. not as bad as the ones you had though. the one i was so looking forward to since it was a saint bernard. i will try the tips you gave. thank you!
Great info. What I do after " cutting" the rivers and bubbles is I iron the canvas, then lay it flat under my mattress. Just my approach. 💕💕
@@AnAngelsMum some canvases are just too pricey to use as experiments.
I am tired of either getting the brush off or treated like a moron from all the DP companies, so I spend a lot of time trying to repair canvases. Unfortunately I can not repair drill gaps with square ones. Popping drills I spend time removing them and replacing them with smaller ones.
@@AnAngelsMum no worries. You mentioned me so I was compelled to answer.💕💕
I would practice sealing the painting with different types and brands.
Hi Rachel, can I suggest that you pull off the adhesive and replace it first and complete it using spare drills. I am doing that with one of mine that was in a really bad state. :)
Do you have to slice it with a knife or can you push on the tape with a flat edge of the diamond painting pen attachment
Cut it into rectangles while cutting out the rivers. Make a multi set of smaller paintings.
Wonderful video Rachel thank you so much for sharing I have never got a diamond painting that has had a river or bubble in it because ive never boughten any other than DAC last month i started buying from other companies so thank you for a very informative video now I know how to fix something if I do have a problem I hope you have a wonderful day and a fantastic weekend I may not always comment but I do watch well mainly listen because I work life LOL
Boy do I know that struggle. I'm happy to help. Hopefully you won't need it! 💜
Double sided tape is notorious for big rivers in the tape. When a diamond painting has a paper cover, it is double sided tape. If it has a clear cover, it is poured glue and a better painting.
When it has bad rivers, you should, rather than cut it, which causes it's own issues. Use a spatula tool and push the river together, each side, then to the end. (Top or bottom) It pushes the air bubble to the end of the canvas where it can escape.
I've been doing these for 6 years, so I'm not a beginner. 👍😊
Totally good tips.
Love your videos as always. This was very informative. Hugs
What can I do with a finished peace that has rivers?
would a heat gun fix rivers too?
So before you spend hours placing the drills, I feel this question should be asked. If the glue layer is separating from the fabric canvas before the weight of the drills are added, what will prevent the glue from separating from the fabric after the drills are applied?
Hover fly on flower diamond painting
My room mate accidentally spilled oil on my canvas...it's not sticky now at all. I've got as much of it off as I can
Any options to avoid throwing it away? Spray adhesive? I have no idea. I'm about 18 hours into this one. :(
Ps. I love your channel 💕💕
Is there anything I can use instead of an exacto knife as I don’t have one? Could I use scissors?
I had a thought while watching this... I know this is going to sound complicated, but I'm wondering if it would work.... I've seen some like to cut off the adhesive on the outside edges when it's that double-sided adhesive. So I'm thinking... couldn't the same be done for rivers? Cut out the bad area, pull it up and then use something like Tack it Again and Again or even double-sided tape to replace the sticky? Maybe we could try that on a "throwaway" canvas.
Yes, that is definitely an option! I wish I lived in the USA still so I could easily find it. I'll try my best to find an alternative and give it a try. :) Thank you!
Your rivers in this video are large. I have one with much thinner rivers but they are ALL over. I've used the exact knife and followed your directions but they are still there. What should I do?
You might already have one of these but I keep a dud canvas just for experimenting. I enjoyed your video😊
Hi Rachel, after you got rid of the rivers, wrinkles, etc, does the canvas still stay sticky? Isn't this spot getting less sticky after scratching? Or is this just fine? Thanks in advance ❤️
It was still sticky after scratching. 😊
I've so far only bought cheep canvases from stores like Stacks and Daiso in Australia and rivers are such a big problem in all of them! Looking into supporting some Australian independent sellers and not buy cheap ones anymore but the other thing with alot of cheap ones is they just have one single plastic film across the ENTIRE CANVAS which I think makes the rivers appear more and also makes the glue dry.
I'm working on a cheaper one right now ($5 AUD from Stacks) and holy crap the glue is just drying too quickly while I'm painting that it makes it difficult for the gems to stick to towards the end of a particular section 🙄
Hey Rachel 😁 I just wanted to ask you( since ur a pro) how to remove rivers without an exacto knife. I do not own an exacto knife but I do own a knife 🔪 will a knife work?
Yes, just be careful.
I have recently just received custom canvas that has massive rivers in it. I think they are almost too big to be fixable 😕 I will give your technique a go though because I don't want to wait another 4 weeks for a replacement to arrive! Also I have just recently got into diamond paintings and I love all your videos ❤️
Never apologise, I’ve now seen two canvas repairs, yours and Ella’s, as for the canvas? Repair it and play around with the colours, there are a rainbow of possibilities.
Thank you for sharing don't toss the canvas keep it to practice and show us..."how and what to do if this or that happens "... just a thought..😊 stay safe and have a wonderful Weekend ! 💕🦋🇨🇭
Like you I had to pay 2 cents to get a canvas replacement... I hope the next one isn’t as bad... Sending lots of prayers for Michele 🙏🙏
That is exactly I how I feel about HomFun on Aliexpress - I am on my 2nd one out 4 that I ordered - the bubbles and rivers are insane on one of the 2 left the glue is coming off... I tried the knife I tried everything and nothing will help. The drills are popping off I am going to have to glue them down. I am going to try the diagonal approach now.
I just opened my 2nd custom from Homfun and I’m Very upset!!! Tons of rivers and in one comer the glue is coming off! I’ve had it a month or longer while I worked on my 1st custom! I got it finished but I had drills popping off everywhere!! I plan to send them pictures of this canvas
@@darlakyseth5597 I no longer buy any canvases from Aliexpress
I always save my diamonds, especially if there are DMC. Canvas pitch or try to fix
Wow, that first one is really bad!!!! And then I had to watch you pull back the paper on the 2nd one twice, because I could not believe what I saw the first time. I agree with you 100% about us needing to stand up to get the quality products we pay for. I'm glad the second canvas is better, and I would likely just keep the canvas, but be ready to toss it if I need to use the drills for another project that I liked better. I'm dying to find out how the drills for this project turn out!! 😘💖
I have seen some people iron which you can try
I have, but it does not fix bubbles.
I had the same problem. Ordered 2 x canvas. Both terrible. Puckers all over. Got new ones who were good. Also had to pay 0,09 cent for it.
I just recently received a canvas with really bad rivers. I contacted the company and all they said was to place books on the canvas and they would go away. Does that actually work? There's a good 15 or so rivers in it. I wanted a replacement but they are not budging
Unfortunately that does not work all the time. I would share pictures and say that you'd like a refund or a replacement.
I sent them 7 pictures and that's when they told me to put books on it. I'm going to message them again.
I would try to rip off the glue and save the canvas. A nice piece to use storage drills on and maybe gift to someone. Buy adhesive tape or glue each drill down.
Where in Virginia are you coming
Richmond :)
Can a DP be fixed after it is finished ?😅
Not that I know of... You could try and let me know if it works! 😢
Make Bookmarks from the canvas
Oh maaaan! I can't remember at the top of my head, but did you also have a fuyun with this issue or is it just Oly? (I'm kind of hoping that there is just one very incompetent person working at Oly.) This is so annoying, especially because this adhesive is actually so great, I enjoyed it a lot, even though it was a single diamond at a time project LOL
I do have a fuyun with this issue. I don't remember if it was there in the unboxing... *checking * I can't hear my voice but it starts around 5min in... ua-cam.com/video/IzXCOG1o5DM/v-deo.html
Hi Rachel. That is one nasty canvas. The second one was a lot better. We should not have to fix the them if they did it right in the first place. Thank you for sharing. Have a great weekend.
rivers are caused by the humidity during shipment not the fault of seller or supplier
I'm curious if anyone has tried using a hair dryer or heat gun on rivers? It seem like a good possibility that the glue is applied warm, so it may help to warm it back up!
Yes, that will help, too! Have you watched Diamond in the Rough? She uses a hairdryer in one of her videos.
@@RachelRaeCraft
I have seen a couple of her video's, but in all honesty, other than a select few that I connected with early on, everyone else tends to blur together. There are just so many channels, and I tried to watch everyone for awhile, but you know how that goes! I'll definitely check out Diamond in the Rough 's channel! Thank you!
Replace the glue
I personally have given up on Diamond Painting. I have tried all the big reputable companies that people talk about being great, not that it’s their fault, but I get them and they are so full of rivers and bubbles I would spend days trying to get the bubbles out, the rivers ruin the canvas completely. I try to talk to the companies, take pictures and the responses are awful. With one they sent me a canvas in the same condition as the defective one. I was so looking forward to this, I’m disabled and this was supposed to be fun. Not fun!!!!
I'm sorry to hear that, Suzy! Sounds like awful luck.
I got 2 paintings from there, the first was the popping diamonds was awful second the rivers are just like your painting. I tell everyone not to buy from there. If they would just care about the product it might be better ya know.
Oh I forgot I paid 70$ just for one.
$70?!?! Wow.....
I wouldn't order from them again either. After the first one you would think that they would check more carefully.😘😊🤗
I can't put only cents on my credit card. My bank will block my credit card thinking it to be a fraudulent activity. I don't blame bank. They are only looking after us. These Diamond Painting stores need to raise an internal method for raising tracking on problem orders. It is their problem. We don't pay for substandard items. We are already inconvenienced when issues arise. One DP I bought had missing drills., I knew my card would be instantly blocked. I had no choice but to purchase the drill separately when I made another purchase later on.
I have reached the disappointed slash annoyed point, where the pleasure of DP is ebbing away. In all honesty I am now getting into Dot Painting. It is more relaxing and requires more artist input. It is a pity but I am just tired of the buyer agro that seems to be becoming more frequent, unless we spend a lot of money on our canvases, frankly as a pensioner I can't afford it. It is more likely that it is just me and the place I am in at present with up coming surgery, but truly it has just become too much of late for me. Mind I still like being pat of unboxings and WIP & chats, even though I don't join in. More of us need to be trying to get this replacement issue sorted with sellers, instead of accepting interior products.
Omg that first one was bad! Gorl I'm making a video tomorrow of my awful mermaid painting that I got feom HOMFUN. Its cringe worthy
.. like they need to fix these issues! And they shouldnt have charged you a dime for their mistakes
I subscribed a few weeks ago but don't what it means as I have to find videos
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How frustrating. It sucks, since I really like the image. I’ve been having a lot of China mail issues, too. I think I’m going to stop ordering from AliExpress for a while.
If you think of all the people who pay nine cents it adds up. It’s like doubling pennies every day for a month.
Just placed an order with Mydiamonpaintng.com. Hope they are decent.
Me too. I'm currently working on one from them... you may remember it from here:
ua-cam.com/video/Ovwmx8jh8X8/v-deo.html
How sad i will not buy anything from that company
AliExpress 🤦♀️