I paint as a hobby, and would like to know of any safe ways of storing them. At the moment they are in the attic.
2006-11-29 20:10:04 · 10 answers · asked by Skippy 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Acrylic and oil paintings need to be protected from moisture, heat and cold. The best place for them is in a temperature and moisture controlled area so that the temperature never gets below 50 degrees F. The perfect place would be in the living area of your home! If you cannot hang your work on your walls, store them in a closet, standing up and gently leaning on one another.
Watercolor and gouache paintings need to be protected from moisture and dirt. Store them in a protective paper or plastic sleeve (archival sleeves are best) and keep them in a box in a closet.
I would not recommend an attic for several reasons:
1. Insects are more likely to get to your paintings without your noticing. Earwigs are the worst on paper.
2. Attics that do not have access to the heating and cooling system of the house can get very hot, very cold and moist, depending on the season. Acrylic paint becomes crystaline under 50 degrees F, and will become brittle and crack at freezing point. Oil paintings become brittle at 50 degrees as well. Moisture is very bad to paintings done on paper and canvas, as it can encourage mold and mildew to grow.
2006-11-30 03:52:47 · answer #1 · answered by Bleu Cerulean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to keep them dry and in a dark place. So in the attic is fine, but if you're serious then you need to grab some sort of vacuum packing. JML (the company who make all the naff stuff you see in woolworths) do bags with a fitting that you attach what looks like a bicycle pump to. Except that rather than blowing air, it sucks it out, giving you a cheap version of vacuum packing. They're cheap as chips and re-usable.
Hope that helps.
2006-11-30 04:22:02 · answer #2 · answered by Steven N 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Keep them in a room that will never be touched by any bad forces of nature. Heat, Moist, insects, chemicals.
Make sure you pay them a visit all the time to clean up from dust.
cover them with plastics if you can afford it. Cloth if you are even richer.
2006-11-30 04:59:01 · answer #3 · answered by Dave S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The U.S. Goverment Archives has a free booklet available on-line that describes how to store and archive various materials. (See the link below for pdf). A proper controlled environment (heat, moisture, light) is helpful.
2006-11-30 04:20:57 · answer #4 · answered by Sir Ed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seemingly an Art Gallery is a popular to store lots of paintings...happy to help...
2006-11-30 07:47:39 · answer #5 · answered by rab333 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Attic is good, but I suggest: sell them! Sure they will be better in someones living-room.
2006-11-30 04:25:21 · answer #6 · answered by jacquesh2001 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe on the wall or under sheets or sell them to get money
2006-11-30 04:12:40 · answer #7 · answered by crazyeyes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-30 09:43:31 · answer #8 · answered by justice 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
up in a loft standing up
2006-11-30 04:20:32 · answer #9 · answered by Craig C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't say what kind of painting,? clarify please.
2006-11-30 04:21:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋