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Last post 17 Apr 2008 by

carly

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cogwurx

I have an old painting, done in oil on 5" x 7" clayboard, that has dried pressed flowers glued on it. These dried flowers have a bit of the glue on top of them as well, as sort of a way to keep the flowers from falling apart too much. However, the glue is not that great for keeping the flowers together after 2 years and bits of the flowers are coming off. Now, this my question...what would be the best way to prevent the flowers from "disintegrating" and preserving them they way that they are? Would varnish work? What about shellac?

Reply 15 Feb 2008

admemento

Spray varnish will work, several layers of it. Or simply hair spray. =]

Quote 16 Feb 2008

cogwurx

Cool! I'll try that when the weather is warmer.

Quote 17 Feb 2008

angryblue

definitely a few coats of clear coat. then nothing will fuck it up.

spar varnish. gloss. you might do a test on another oil painting just to test first and make sure there's not some jacked chemical reaction with the oil.

i use it on enamel and acrylics.

Quote 03 Apr 2008

carly

what about wax? though i have no idea how you would achieve a thin coating. if you're making the same thing from scratch again you could also try celloglasing the flowers. if you use a thin enough micron film it shouldn't be too noticeable. then i would just cut around the shape..

Quote 03 Apr 2008

cogwurx

celloglasing? Never heard of such a technique.

Quote 16 Apr 2008

carly

Well it's probably not something anyone would ever use in a painting but I just thought I'd throw the idea out there! Celloglase/supersheen/laminate...it's all the same thing..

Quote 17 Apr 2008

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