About 40 years ago, my wife and I did a painting by numbers of the Laughing Cavalier and it is in need of a clean up. What can I use to clean it?
Dave
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15 years ago
Cleaning an oil painting
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Bottle of No25 followed by a quick rub over with No47 .
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As told to me by a painting conservator ...
First drink a glass of wine Then take a q tip and moisten with spit And wipe over the surface
The wine is to make the liquid more volatile or summat ...
Anna
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Pour plenty of paraffin over it, light the blue liquid and retire to a safe distance.
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A "q tip"? Don't you mean a cotton bud Anna - not another convert to Americanisms I hope?
I keep on spelling centre as center and colour as color, which drives the people I send letters to absolutely crazy! LOL :D
BTW, a nice tip that, will it work on other fairly delicate things besides paintings?
Cash
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It was called a q tip in our house when I was a toddler and I dont think America had been invented way back then ...
Anna
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Anna,
I don't believe that you are *that* *old* for one moment. If you are, then I will certainly feel a lot younger myself - and thank you for that!
Cash
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Angle grinder...
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Sho how manny glasshes of wine would it take to finish the whole pic pic hic pic picture if you've gotta dlink a glash beffore eassh shpitt.
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WD40 "The world's number one multi-purpose spray it on anything and it will fix it"
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Dave
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Hear hear. ISTR actually buying things with 'Q Tip' on the container...
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Well, it was painting by numbers so I take it this is cleaning by numbers :-) (Made I larf anyway)
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Creosote.
I think that's what Paddington Bear used once.
Daniele
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A quick google suggests using bread, rolled into little balls.
Owain
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How is Chicken Noodle Soup & King Prawn with Mixed Vegetables going to clean a painting?
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In message , Anna Kettle writes
As a side issue.... I discovered that sugary saliva does not work for moistening cheap envelope sealing glue.
In my case it was chocolate biscuit saliva:-)
regards
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The Antiques Roadshow often shows spit being used to demonstrate cleaning a dirty picture. But I'd guess the actual formula of spit varies wildly from person to person. So I'll bet pros use something more consistent.
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If you use No. 5, it'll end up smelling nice. No. 40 allows you to start it in cold weather. No. 1 goes well with lemonade, mint, cucumber and strawberries. Don't use No. 1664, and No. 69 is fine with mixers, but probably not straight. No.7 can be removed with cold cream.
On a more serious note, Ray, try Googling for "cleaning an oil painting".
Cheers,
Sid
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I don't remember what he used but I do remember Mr Gruber being a little upset.
"test on an inconspicuous area"
Andy