Warning! Don't use damar as a final picture varish

[Virgil Elliott]

Originally Posted by Tricia Migdoll

Hi Virgil,
How would you rate Blockx Varnish.?

Tricia,

I believe Blockx has more than one varnish, so I'd need to know which one you meant. If it's their amber varnish, I wouldn't recommend it because it is quite difficult to remove, and because it is too dark, and will get darker still, and mainly because there are better varnishes available that have none of those faults.

Virgil Elliott

[Tricia Migdoll]

Thanks, I was referring to the "Blockx Picture Varnish" and the "Blockx Retouch Varnish", not the Amber.
The reason I ask, is because I do not think I can get Gamvar in Australia.

[Virgil Elliott]

[QUOTE=Allan Rahbek]Virgil,
thank you for your reply,
I remember trying the Egg White Varnish many years ago on a couple of paintings. I washed the painting with hand soap before varnishing with White + water and I thought that it was fine, but I don

[Allan Rahbek]

Thanks Virgil,
it was a her and she is dead now, lucky for her.......sort of.
I won