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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;techbiker, post: 4483127, member: 60629&quot;]Hey everyone, I&#039;m nearly finished cleaning the ~20&quot;x30&quot; 19th century fort painting I bought a couple months ago. I didn&#039;t expect to spend so much time cleaning or to see such an improvement in sharpness and brightness. &quot;Before&quot; and &quot;after&quot; are in the same light conditions and same camera. Both were in focus. Went through over 200 cotton swabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly the canvas probably benefits most from a relining, however I&#039;ve got a stack of old grimy lower-value paintings to tackle. The plan is to remove the dimple in purple and patch the two significant rips in red. Then the plan is to apply an isolation layer of varnish, overpaint the areas of significant paint loss (all circles in pic 3), and finally apply semi-gloss conservation varnish for more pop!</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. Unfortunately the artist never varnished this painting, so some grime is next to impossible to remove.</p><p><br /></p><p>2 questions:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. How much overpainting should I do here? Do you think it would look better with less? How much time would you invest?</p><p>2. Do you have paint recommendations? I&#039;m looking at conversation paints now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for all of your advice!</p><p><br /></p><p>Before:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]389692[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After cleaning:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]389693[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Red: proposed patches. Purple: dimple removal. Orange: proposed overpainting.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]389694[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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