Re: Varnishing an oil 616 by david Charpentier on 06/05/01 at 1:27 PM
Re: Varnishing an oil

In Reply to: Re: Varnishing an oil posted by elaine on 06/02/01 at 9:14 PM:

PULEEZ HELP ME!...Im a self taught artist, and I paint portraits for a living....the biggest problem I have run into is the final product....EVERYTHING I have read on varnishing states I must wait six mos.before I do it..or a touch of cobalt drier can be used to speed the process a bit...but even that would require a few mos before it can be varnished the traditional way..

WELL..that doesn't suit!..lol..My clients already wait a couple of mos give or take, and I really can't afford to make them wait several more mos so that I can put a final varnish on...presently, I just use retouch varnish..but after a little bit it gives an uneven sheen..Does ANYONE have anysuggestions on how to handle this and how to give my paintings a nice even sheen in a more timely manner?...

Thanks in advance..from one stumped girl.
Mary

Use microcrystaline wax, take a knife, scrape some wax from the wax lump, and put it into a bottle of whitespirit, the wax (a jampot is even better, but remove the jam first ;-)) ) the wax wil disolve, after this has hapened you can put the disolved stuf onto your painting. Now you have put a thin and totaly transparant wax coating onto your painting. This painting is now protectet from dust polution and moist!!!. problem is that it wl apear mate. It is very easy to remove these wax coating, so you can always use it as an temporary solution.

_David




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Re: Varnishing an oil Ed   Posted at: 06/12/01 (0)

Post a Followup 602,604,616"> david Charpentier"> Lacca_jaraproductions.comRe: Varnishing an oil_06/05/01 at 1:27 PM"> "Re: Varnishing an oil"
: PULEEZ HELP ME!...Im a self taught artist, and I paint portraits for a living....the biggest problem I have run into is the final product....EVERYTHING I have read on varnishing states I must wait six mos.before I do it..or a touch of cobalt drier can be used to speed the process a bit...but even that would require a few mos before it can be varnished the traditional way.. : WELL..that doesn't suit!..lol..My clients already wait a couple of mos give or take, and I really can't afford to make them wait several more mos so that I can put a final varnish on...presently, I just use retouch varnish..but after a little bit it gives an uneven sheen..Does ANYONE have anysuggestions on how to handle this and how to give my paintings a nice even sheen in a more timely manner?... : Thanks in advance..from one stumped girl. : Mary : Use microcrystaline wax, take a knife, scrape some wax from the wax lump, and put it into a bottle of whitespirit, the wax (a jampot is even better, but remove the jam first ;-)) ) the wax wil disolve, after this has hapened you can put the disolved stuf onto your painting. Now you have put a thin and totaly transparant wax coating onto your painting. This painting is now protectet from dust polution and moist!!!. problem is that it wl apear mate. It is very easy to remove these wax coating, so you can always use it as an temporary solution. : _David

 
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