PAINTINGS: ON CANVAS
Source: museum-sos.org
Topic: Canvas
Sort Desciption: Remove any remaining backing or labels from the painting, to expose wet canvas. Retain and tag all associated labels, parts and/or components that are removed or detached from the painting or frame. ...
Content Inside:
Excerpted From the Minnesota History Center Emergency Preparedness Plan
Revised 5/00
PAINTINGS: ON CANVAS
Priority:
Begin drying within 48 hours to prevent mold growth.
Handling
Move items only after a place has been prepared to receive them. If the frame
Precautions: is unstable, remove from painting, pad corners with corrugated cardboard, bubble wrap, or unused
newsprint and transport to area dealing with wood objects.
Packing
Pad corners of frame or painting with corrugated cardboard, bubble wrap, or
Method:
newsprint. Transport paintings vertically; stand upright with corrugated cardboard between
paintings so that painted surfaces do not touch a rough surface.
Supplies Needed
blotter paper
fans
corrugated cardboard, bubble wrap,
stretch/strainer
portable dehumidifier or unused newsprint
Preparation Remove painting from frame: See PAPER: FRAMED OR MATTED,
For Drying:
PREPARATION FOR DRYING.
Drying
Prepare a horizontal bed of blotter paper and unused newsprint, equal in thickness
Procedure: to the paint layer, with top-most layer of strong clean tissue. Lay painting, still on stretcher/-
strainer, face down on this surface. Remove any remaining backing or labels from the painting, to
expose wet canvas. Retain and tag all associated labels, parts and/or components that are removed
or detached from the painting or frame.
Place cut-to-fit blotters or unused newsprint against this back, and apply a slight amount of
pressure so that the blotter makes good contact with the entire exposed canvas surface. Repeatedly
change backing blotter, being careful not to create impressions in the canvas. DO NOT CHANGE
FACING MATERIALS.
When dry to the touch, remove backing blotter and pick up painting. If front facing tissue is still
attached to painting front, do not attempt to remove it, since it will hold the painting surface
together until it can be consolidat ...
paintings of o2 arena