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nicotine is a drug......... it's the tar that turns things off color..

 

Tar, smoke and other nasties. That poor print lived in an ashtray.

 

I bought a liquid cleaner that was supposed to fit the purpose, can't remember the name or product, but I suspect I was over-zealous and some of the paint started to come off. Then I tried spit which google said to try and that didn't work. As I said, the paintings were of little value, so no biggie.

 

Stale white bread is the best cleaner.

 

How do you use the bread?

 

Squished, gently rolled over the painting.

 

Thank you

 

Hmm...being mostly dry is good, but is it not a concern that you leave residue from the bread behind? I guess I'm thinking crumbs and such promote molds?

Yeesh. Yeah too much moisture can do damage. I've used dish soap with only water on q-tip/cotton for clean up on other items and that's worked like a dream. But water content and active ingredient in dish soap/residue has me holding back on trying that on a painting. I've read a bunch of conservator stuff but they focus on removing varnishes and glues. There's a whole market of chemicals for that purpose but they rightfully keep that info to themselves from what I can find lol. I figure this is a more simple solution... There aren't any conservators near me though, even if I wanted to go that route.

 

Most cheap white American sandwich bread has so few natural ingredients that it doesn't get moldy. I'm not sure how it classifies as "food"!

 

I stopped eating it years ago....it was so sugary and unpleasant. I get bakery bread with proper ingredients, or I make my own.

 

I’ve a wonderful local chap who owns a bakery, I can smell it from the house. Polish sourdough.