How You Can Clean Work Of Art Pictures - Oil Painting, Frame Gilt

One way of the other you will have or might have been given work of art to use in decorating your home.

As time passes, this work of art pictures or the picture frames will gather dust, scratch or become dirty.

How do you clean art pictures? Is the question this hub will answer.

These are some of the art pictures that one can clean: oil painting pictures, prints, drawings, water-colors, work of art on paper and frames, scratches on picture frames, glass picture plus others.

Materials You Can Use In Cleaning Art Pictures

These are the cleaning materials you can have handy if you are planning to clean work of art pictures:

• Brush or duster
• cream furniture polish
• cleaning clothe
• white spirit
• Cotton wool
• Wax polish
• Bread (to make bread ball)
• Vinegar
• Water
• Gilt paint (not to be consumed, wash hand immediately after use)

• If the picture frame is wooden, wipe it with a cleaning clothe that is squeezed out of a solution of warm detergent water.
• After this, polish the picture frame with a small cream of furniture polish
• Be careful while cleaning so that you do not touch the picture so as not to damage it
• If you have ornate picture frame, dust it lightly as the beading may come off rather quickly when it is wet.

• If you have a valuable oil painting work of art, do not attempt to clean it yourself, seek the help of a restorer who is a professional in cleaning this type of pictures.
• Use soft brush to brush off mould from the surface of the painting. Leave the painting in a dry and warm place for some weeks to dry out.
• Always use clean duster or brush to dust the pictures as any unclean or greasy brush can grind the dust in and that can cause damage through condensation.
• To brighten the surface of oil painting picture, use a thin film of cream furniture polish.
• You can use a solution of 3ml 1/2 tsp of ammonia to a cup of cold water, apply this using a piece of cotton wool to wipe the painting. Then gently apply a small layer of wax polish and gently rub it.
• Never use water or soap to clean any dirt or dust from oil painting art, as any speck can cause moisture, which in turn can damage the oil painting.

• Get a bread ball (yes, the bread we eat), mould bread into a ball and use it to clean the surface in a stroking manner.
• Avoid dragging the bread ball across the surface of the paper picture art
• If there are bread crumbs left on the picture, use a paint brush to brush them away

• Use a solution of vinegar and water or simply warm water
• Get a cotton wool
• Dip the cotton wool in the vinegar solution and water
• Wipe the work of art glass picture with the cotton wool

• Get gilt paint (please do not lick fingers as this paint is very dangerous)
• You can get pots of gilt paint from any art and craft supplier
• Paint the gilt frame with the gilt paint

• Water-color work of art is not so easy to clean by just anybody.
• It is advisable that any water-color art should not touch water as the paint can fade out
• You can use bread ball to rub the surface very gently to remove dust. Using bread ball to dust this work of art helps it to absorb dust with no damage to the paint or paper