Thursday, February 11, 2010

How would you clean a fifty year old acrylic painting?

I have several paintings, all about 50 years old. Most of them are acrylic, but some of them are oil. They have been kept in unsightly conditions for a number of years now, and are very dusty and dirty. The varnish layer that was put on top has begun to crack in circular patterns, and dust has collected in them. How would you clean this painting?How would you clean a fifty year old acrylic painting?
Cleaning pictures is a highly skilled and specialist activity, trying to do it yourself is almost guaranteed to end up as an expensive disaster.


Ask in local museums and galleries for a good picture restorer in your area and get their advice, it's not a cheap thing to get done but there is no real alternative.How would you clean a fifty year old acrylic painting?
You take them to the ';specialists'; only. %26lt;}:-})

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