The Skellingcorner

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steampunktendencies
steampunktendencies

A remarkable Jacobean re-emergence after 200 years of yellowing varnish
Courtesy Philip Mould

beyoursledgehammer

PAINT RESTORATION OF MESMERIZING

eliciaforever

I saw this on Twitter. He’s using acetone, but a cellulose ether has been added to make it into a gel (probably Klucel—this entire gel mixture is sometimes just called Klucel by restorers, but Klucel is specifically the stuff that makes the gel). 

Normally, acetone is too volatile for restoration, but when it’s a gel, it becomes very stable and a) stays on top of the porous surface of the painting, and b) won’t evaporate. So it can eat up the varnish.

It looks scary, but acetone has no effect on oils, and jelly acetone is even less interactive with the surface of the paint or canvas.

soggy-bunny

Will someone PLEASE clean the mona lisa

hustleerr

I literally thought this is what paintings looked like back in those days, I didn’t know it was yellowing varnish 👀