Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 10062789, member: 79705&quot;]I like the image well enough. It doesn&#039;t immediately strike me as a factory painting, though the frame is the right type. I have at least one family member who bought or repurposed a Mexican frame for another piece so that&#039;s sometimes possible. Agreed if it&#039;s a painting, the tar on it is serious. If it&#039;s a print on canvas, then either tar or sunning. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it was priced low enough, and you liked it for yourself, diluted dish soap light on cotton will get tar off...in theory the varnish should act as a barrier. But it&#039;s not something I would try on a very expensive piece since there is a worry about water wicking to the canvas and displacing paint or cracking it eventually. If anyone else knows a way to clean that stuff I&#039;d love to know. All the restoration books and info I can find are about removal of varnish, and not just a dirt clean. For everything else, the restorers guard their secrets. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in