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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gregsglass, post: 243866, member: 78&quot;]Hi,</p><p>&nbsp; The first thing that gets done after buying a framed painting. The liner gets tossed and if the painting is too small for the frame this happens next. The old frame gets a fresh coat of lacquer around the wood rabit. Then a new wood frame is set in and the inside gets lacquered and the outside gets a new coating to match the old frame. If it is a print the same thing happens. That frame always gets a new lining of lacquer or shellac. The matting gets a new acid free one. If it is a very fancy matte I will try and deacidified it. It gets turned over and brushed with a mixture of club soda and an antiacid. It gets brushed on quickly so it does not soak too far into the matt. I let it dry and then brush on another coat. Usually four is enough to protect the print for a long time. It is amazing what I have found in the pictures being opened and redone. Once I found a $50.00 bill from the 30s. My favorite was a framed print of a Turner painting. Found out it was a magazine cover from the 20s covering up a wonderful photograph of Niagara Falls taken in 1901.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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