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Paintings need restoration from time to time. Works of art can change color, become dull, etc. The reasons are influence of sunlight, smoke, extremely dry or crude conditions, atmospheric pollution, and any others pollutants, which can be in air. The skilled restorer will search also for traces of serious progressive problems, such as soil, mould or damage of insect. As phonograph records and varnishes used hundred years ago haven’t been equipped to pass test by time, old pictures can become dark and dull.

Let me tell you about basic steps, which you should follow.

The first step to painting restoration, you should make sure that canvas on which picture exists, in good condition. As soon as painting is stabilized, the restorer can pay attention to clearing and repeated polishing part. It is very interesting, but hard work to restore paintings, because you should pay attention to many details.

The quantity and the nature of dirt differ from painting to painting, depending on environment in which it stayed. Painting clearing begins with checking of various chemical decisions, which will get used to the first, will remove dirt, and secondly, to remove old varnish. The appropriate mix will successfully eliminate colorless varnish, but not color pigment.

If it is required, restores add some paint into your picture. It is made, when the restorer should reduce visibility of the damaged areas, doing updating, which aesthetically are necessary. Some methods can be used, but the least difficult is based on distribution of painting, procedure, according to which oil extends to fill any given volume. This process allows colors to extend in missing areas of the image. If painting is very old and fragile, all additional painting is made manually.

Now, the intermediate varnish coat is applied to original painting before any additional painting will begin. The purpose here to separate new paint physically from old to guarantee that any future restoration can be made with small or any effect to original layers. Any paint used after those, should change colors of the painting so that it hasn’t darkened faster than original oil paint. Besides, synthetics, such as the acrylic paint, can be removed with solvents, which won’t damage the painting.

At last, the structure should be taken into consideration to reflect the period in which painting has been created. Again, the professional restorer will have ability to replace or correct any broken or missing parts in structure, or repeatedly cutting out or changing the damaged sections, using the same material.

Process of art restoration is slow and very laborious task. The restorer should not only to be patient, meticulous and extremely attentive to details, but also and qualified in art restoration. Professional restoration is expensive, but if you really value your paintings, you should make it.

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