have old picsthat hung in an old bar & have been discolored by smoke and age.what r sum home chems to restore?
Answers:
Take your pictures to a copy shop and copy them onto new paper. Do it when they have plenty of time and are not in a hurry so they can devote a little extra time with you. They can adjust the ink to eliminate the browning and yellowing done by smoke. Then frame and hang up new. No smoke odors either!
Other answers:
If this is a valuable painting, or old, I would suggest you seek advice from the people who clean and conserve paintings at your local museum or art gallery.
If the painting is valuable only to you, as a start you could use a warm water and mild detergent solution. This shouldn't do any harm and may be all it needs.
Dip a cotton ball in the mixture and wring out as dry as possible. Choosing one spot rub the picture gently until the dirt/smoke stains start to lift. Discard the cotton wool and move to the adjoining spot with a new piece of almost dry cotton wool overlapping the clean spot a fraction. Keep changing the cotton wool as soon as it starts to get dirty and move methodically over the whole picture.
If this is a valuable painting, or old, I would suggest you seek advice from the people who clean and conserve paintings at your local museum or art gallery.
If the painting is valuable only to you, as a start you could use a warm water and mild detergent solution. This shouldn't do any harm and may be all it needs.
Dip a cotton ball in the mixture and wring out as dry as possible. Choosing one spot rub the picture gently until the dirt/smoke stains start to lift. Discard the cotton wool and move to the adjoining spot with a new piece of almost dry cotton wool overlapping the clean spot a fraction. Keep changing the cotton wool as soon as it starts to get dirty and move methodically over the whole picture.
If they aren't too valuable, try Krud Kutter. It cleans about anything, and you can dilute it with water as it is water based, unlike goof off or goo gone. You can get it at Home Depot.