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Originally Posted by Mike McCarty
Others have stronger views on the subject. I am no chemist, I don't enjoy diddling with these matters. I tend to park on something that works and turn off key.
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I can totally relate to that.
I have never varnished, so I will definitely be practicing on my own pieces. Practice or no, it seems such a shame to risk ruining something on which I worked so hard (and would have to replace for free should I actually succeed in ruining it!) so I am very reluctant to get started on this aspect of oil painting.
Not to mention the fact that its framed, and I can't remove the painting from its prison. So, does one normally varnish
in the frame? Employ taping or masking to protect the frame?
Thanks for the link, O Claudius, (or would that be Iago?) - I shall check it out forthwith, ere I err.