Oil Painting Cleaning and Restoration Near Me – Houston
Our customer called us from Corpus Christi. She inquired about restoration for a painting from Chicago which she mentioned had an unusual amount of air pollution in the form of soot, nicotine, and smoke.
She brought the painting to our office where Maris inspected it and shared with the customer that its appearance had indeed lost its attractiveness due to grime, soot, and smoke.
In addition, the canvas has been nailed to the frame due to it having no stretcher bars.
As Maris began the restoration, he removed many layers of the grime, soot, and smoke.
The original darkened old varnish was removed and new fresh varnish was applied.
Next, the canvas was attached with proper tension to stretcher bars.
When the painting, a winter scene, was returned our customer was extremely pleased.
The painting was transformed. Light colors and tones were now beautifully visible in addition to gold and silver paint in the scene which was previously totally masked.
The original color was restored to a row of houses, people, and a church building.
