Re: Help needed
- From: "Erik A. Mattila" <eam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:03:58 -0700
Di Brookman wrote:
I have an old family portrait in oil painted about circa early 19th century. The painting has recently been affected by smoke damage caused by a chimney fire. The painting itself seems very dark and in need of cleaning.Here's something you can consider. I worked in a frame shop years ago and a fellow brought an old painting that had been in his family for years, showing his great great grandparents shop in Prague. It was very dirty, and it had a small rip in the canvas near one edge. He wanted it restretched so the rip disappeared, and cleaned.
Does anyone have any tips how I can undertake this myself? FWIW I am an amateur artist who paints in oils! I presume one would have to remove the old layer of varnish and re-apply a new layer. Would this cause the paint underneath to be dissolved too?
The price that I have been offered for restoration/cleaning of the painting is exhorbitant - GB 600
Please help urgently - thanks
I tried some painting cleaner product, and it was just too slow (if it worked at all). But it just so happened that my parents tax-preparer worked in the county art museum in the conservation department. I called him to ask for his advice, and he said "we use soap...a natural soap like Ivory, and soft cotton and warm water."
So I tried that and got terrific results. The customer was delighted, in fact, because the cleaning brought out the sign above the shop which had been obscured for years by the dirt, which showed the family name.
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