How Do You Clean An Antique Painting?
The beauty of an antique painting will be seen by generations to come depending on the way the painting is cared for, maintained and cleaned. There is actually no perfectly safe way to clean an antique painting and the cleaning or restoration of an antique painting requires extreme detail, expertise and much patience. Trust only an experienced antique painting restorer with the cleaning of an antique painting. If the painting is of museum quality, references should be asked for and checked before any agreements are made to start the cleaning process. Even an expert in this field will go through a process of trial and error to determine what the painting consists of, what type of oils, water paints, vegetable colors, liquids and resins may have been mixed in. The goal is to carefully remove the dirt without disturbing the actual pigments of the painting. Decide if you want to try to clean the antique painting yourself. It may not be museum quality or the age hasn’t been determined. If s
