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On this page I'll include some of the things I've learned about doing  art. 

Please feel free to contribute your own ideas - I'll post the best ones, and give you credit.

There has been an evolution in the conservation techniques of acrylic paintings over the past ten years.

Originally, artists felt that acrylic paint was such a durable medium, that now top coat was needed.  If the paintign got dirty, just was it off and it was as good as new.

A few artists felt that a barrier coat of acrylci medium should be added to further protect the painting.  If the painting requiere more aggressive cleaning, the coating would be abraded and not the pigmented surface.  A new barrier coating could then be applied.

This became common thought about five to six years ago.

Recently, Golden Acrylic hosted a conference of chemists and museum curators to discuss this topic further.

By the end of the conference, the recommendations that had been formulated said to add a second coat of mineral spirit acrylic (MSA) over the barrier coat of acrylic nedium.

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