How to Clean Oil Paintings?

[CPFarley]

Is there any safe, do-it-yourself way to clean antique oil paintings or should
this always be left to professionals? Looking for advice.
CPFa...@AOL.COM

[Esengo]

It should be left to the professionals. That is my humble opinion. :-)
Fayette

[David Davis]

In article <199807201342...@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
ese...@aol.com (Esengo) wrote:

Have the painting appraised first. Professional cleaning can be very
costly. I usually buy and keep damaged oil paintings to practice on. You
wouldn't want to to spend big bucks on a painting of little value. Would
you? -Dave-

Always Interested in buying art by Jewish/Israeli artists from the 18th-
20th century. Works by:

Rubin, Shatz, Castel, Mokady, Katz, Kaufmann, Arikha, Kissling, Pazchin, Penn,
Orlov, Uri, Berger, Bergner, Ardon, Israels, Reisman, Streichman, Klapish,
Mokadi, Janco, Ticho etc.

[Carolyn Lauer]

Perhaps there are art groups who might be better able to answer your
question, however, I have been told by friends who deal in oils that the
only cleaning a non-professional should do is gentle dusting with a clean,
soft brush.

Carolyn
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CPFarley <cpfa...@aol.com> wrote in article
<199807201333...@ladder03.news.aol.com>...

> Is there any safe, do-it-yourself way to clean antique oil paintings or
should
> this always be left to professionals? Looking for advice.

> CPFa...@AOL.COM
>

[planosingles]

the best thing I have found to clean them is a little bit of strong oil
based solvent. Hell, on
my oil paintings, it gets them almost back to BEFORE the artist started
painting.

Carolyn Lauer wrote in message <01bdb638$ec58ac60$0fd1b7cc@forestsc>...