Hi George,

I’m slowly making progress on my varnish disaster. With a lot of patience and Shellsol A, I’m finally getting back to square one. I think I’m ready to take the varnishing course and I attempted to purchase it yesterday, Order #14019, but once again the link did not arrive. I’m not sure what I have messed up in my profile that I…

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Hi George,

Thanks for your help. Absolutely, I will watch the cleaning course as the link has now arrived, and rest assured the importance of cleaning the painting before varnishing has sunk in well and good. I will also be taking the course on varnishes before attempting it again, I previously took the “oiling out and sinking in” module…

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Hi Michael,

Thanks for the info on Shellsol A. I did email back the technical advisor at Kremer immediately hoping she could clarify for me the type of solvent I should use to remove the Paraloid B72 varnish, she has yet to respond.

you hit the nail on the head with the pouring and spreading of the varnish, that’s exactly what I did. There are…

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Thanks so much for your help. I used the brushable Sennelier “Gloss picture varnish” which I have used in the past and have never had any trouble. Of course I attempted to get fancy and that’s when I messed things up royally.

The brand of Paraloid B72 that I used is by Kremer pigments, it is a 15% solution in Ethylacetate. I contacted them to…

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I’m so thankful for this website, and before varnishing a series of commissioned oil portraits, I used it to get more informed about varnishing. This series of 4 portraits was created with very little extra medium, and allowed to dry six months after touch dry. Because of the heavy use of umber in…

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