What would it rub?

[Мира]

Dear friends!
Please advise how to clean the painting at home?
Bought a hefty canvas 19th century , oil on canvas , very dirty , as if it were eating and drinking, and indulge in other pleasures of life.
Do not show a picture of timidity, fear of new jokes .

Washed her some water , a sponge was black , the picture was better.
The English book on housekeeping 19th century painting recommend rubbing fresh cut potatoes ... like the proverb.

If you have some experience , not all the pictures it sends to the restorer , please share .

Thank you!

[Кирилл Сызранский]

World, linseed oil with turpentine in half ( or more artistic pinene /turpentine shorter thinner oil painting ) and, if impasto painting to clean the dirt from deep grooves strokes , you can use a hard brush .
If ry strong pollution, this cocktail can add a couple of drops of acetone.

[Мира]

Thank you, Cyril!


And yet, on the back of the picture - mold.
Maybe you know how to deal with it?


Here's a picture:

[Кирилл Сызранский]

Сообщение от World; 2224751"

And yet, on the back of the picture - mold. Maybe you know how to deal with it ?

Oh, by the restorer.
Mold - a dangerous thing , mold infestation occurs spores, which now are in the air around this picture, it is desirable to isolate the picture , pulling in the sun, the air and mold on it urgently needs to withdraw, but it is in this particular case - it's restorer, methods and means there are now different.

[Pecheneg]

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washed her some water, a sponge was black, the picture was better.

I once came across a similar picture, the same dirty, laundered it just soapy water .. And as for the fungus, the COP is absolutely right, it's better to be restavratoru.Mozhet it and wash off it to you and the fungus in one displays.

[Мира]

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​​Oh, this is a restorer.
Mold - a dangerous thing , mold infestation occurs spores, which now are in the air around this picture, it is desirable to isolate the picture

Read and thought about the transfer of some deadly types of mold , from which there is no escape , people, if you do not die, become disabled.
Bring it impossible, house demolitions, and all burn , including furniture and other property, while in this place being built.
I hope we do not have a case (yet all are alive ) but you 're right, it is better to pay for a professional cleaning .

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And I do not understand what's going on , like the battleship, cannon firing , a pillar of smoke , but the flags on all sailing the same.

[Pecheneg]

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what's going on, like the battleship, cannon firing, a pillar of smoke, but the flags on all sailing the same.

If not mistaken, the sea shell city toli toli fortress.

[Игорь Гурьев]

Theoretically still be a cotton swab soaked with vodka in half with water , but be careful , you can hurt the paint layer .

And to walk lightly on the alcohol mold.

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And, perhaps , it is a hair dryer from a distance in the direction of mold, so she was not good to begin with ... that dried up , so to speak ...

I emphasize that these activities can be done only in respect of not overvalued paintings ...

[zarajara]

Cut the onion and rub.
I tried - not bad.
More aggressive and mixtures can ruin the paint layer.

Tried and garlic, it does not clean and varnishes: remains sticky layer that dries shiny.

[Угрюмый]

And the picture yet - very good!
Like the dynamism of the sea battle, even the smell of smoke is felt Great for you, Mira acquisition.
Good luck in recovery.