It's a straight clean rip about 2 feet across the painting?
2007-11-10 07:46:35 · 6 answers · asked by mikey 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
You need to recanvas the painting. Best to let this be done by a pro but you can do this yourself.
If you only do the tear you will see it bulge up. That is why you have to take down the painting (remove the frame so you just have a 'floppy' canvas) and lay it flat, face down on a clean piece of cloth. This only works well if your paint is pretty flat. If the paint is thick this will be another added problem.
In this relaxed state you can glue the rip together by pasting strands of canvas over the rip so you get some kind of stitched effect. Be precise but don't over do. This is just to keep the pieces in place. When done you coat a larger piece of canvas (bigger than the painting) with Caparol glue (ask your art store) and place your painting on top of that. Use a soft cloth to gently rub them together. Trim the edges so it is the original size again.
Do not let it dry like this. It is now time to remount the whole painting to the woodwork you took it of of. Stretch a bit it and it set.
After that it is time to retouch the actual tear that should be closed.
Enough that can go wrong but this is basically the best way.
2007-11-10 10:16:34 · answer #1 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With a rip that large the canvas would probably be "re-lined", a special adhesive is used by restorers. That adhesive is reversable.
The fibers along the tear need to be fixed at a microscopic level so as not to leave a scar.
A lot depends on the nature of the painting surface...
Unless you want to use the painting as a learning experience I would recommend letting a professional solve the problem.
2007-11-10 16:31:41 · answer #2 · answered by edzerne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Super glue and strips of fabric provide a quick fix. First loosen up you canvas keys, get a good bond with the super glue, and then tighten up the keys again.
If it's an important painting, get a professional to do it.
2007-11-10 16:46:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that's bad news.
You can patch it from the back, with a piece of canvas cut to overlap the rip well, and some glue--- but you'll probably never get it back to "perfect" again. Sorry.
2007-11-10 15:55:02 · answer #4 · answered by helene 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it is an expensive painting then let an expert restorer do it. If it is a cheap copy you will never get it perfect yourself.
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2007-11-10 15:51:04 · answer #5 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
theres some glue spray for that... not sure what its called
2007-11-10 15:48:58 · answer #6 · answered by J-boy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋