How to Clean Your Oil Paintings

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How Not to Clean Your Oil Paintings
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There is a lot of myths going around the world
and the internet on how to clean your paintings.
Here Is Some Of The Advice That You Need To Avoid
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• Some says that bread and raw potato can help you
  in cleaning your paintings. Rubbing it to the
  paintings to pick up dust and grimes. The results
  of both of these methods is bread crumbs and
  potato residue. The bugs will thank you.

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• Using baby oil in a painting is the best. Using a
  cotton ball and rubbing it in a circular fashion.
  makes it shiny and the colors look bright. The
  problem is that it does not rehydrate the oil
  paint. It just sits there and it doesnt dry up.
  It doesnt attracts dust and grimes too.

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• Using rubbing alcohol is a big NO! NO!. Yes, it
  may clean a spot or smudge but it will also take
  the paint right off.

• Even a feather duster can be harmful to your
  painting. The barbs on the feathers can cause
  tiny scratches over the surface.

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• Actually cleaning your painting is really easy.
  Use soft, dry sable brush to get the dust off.
  Anything beyond this usually needs a professional.

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