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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gregsglass, post: 2619245, member: 78&quot;]Hi,</p><p>&nbsp; Please NEVER use water on any painting it is deadly curse. If want to clean it, use saliva. That is the ONLY thing recommended by the MET in NYC.&nbsp; I spent three years working to save paintings and such to a fire damaged church in Brooklyn. The use of distilled water and vinegar is good to clean certain things BUT NEVER paintings. Between smoke damage and years of incense oils the sixteen paintings were in terrible shape. Thanks to my four assistants we were able to clean and and totally restore the paintings. The MET conservators gave us really valuable advice. If you decide to try the &quot;spit test&quot; save up a lot of your saliva in a jar in the refrigerator using cotton balls wipe a 2 inch square of salvia on a spot near an edge let it sit for 2 minutes or so and wipe it with a clean cotton ball you will be amazed at what you uncover.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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