Re: restOration of a perforated canvas

In Reply to: restOration of a perforated canvas posted by Eliane De Coninck on 08/07/00 at 11:32 AM:

: THE CANVAS OF AN OLD OIL PAINTING WAS PERFORETED DURING TRANSPORT.
: ANYBODY WHO CAN GIVE ME TIPS AND TRICS TO RESTORE THE DAMAGE?

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This is one of the repairs that very few people can carry off with any degree of success. Even professional restorers have difficulty with it.

A linen patch that is much larger than the rip is cut and the threads are pulled to leave it frayed. The painting is laid down on a heated table and a mixture of heated Venice Turpentine and Beeswax is applied. The patch is applied and smoothed down with a lightly heated iron. After a few days the mixture is hard enough to hold. A mixture of painter's putty is trowelled into the crack after the entire picture's varnish is removed. After the putty dries, the area is retouched, allowed to dry hard and then a new layer of varnish is applied.

That's the correct way to do it and it's not for the faint of heart or the unskilled worker.

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