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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

 Among the many different books I read, I like historical novels by authors who do proper research and transport you fully to the era in which they've set their story. Sometimes I come across information that's still useful. For instance, cleaning a painting. A few centuries ago, and maybe still today for all I know, they used milk because it didn't damage the painting.

So when I acquired an old painting (reproduction) that had become grimy over the years, I soaked some cotton wool in milk and gently rubbed it all over. Before long, the cotton wool was black with dirt.

BEFORE


AFTER
Got milk?


 

Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown

1 comment:

  1. Wow. That's a very cool transformation! xo

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