Varnishes : authenticity and permanence ; workshop handbook / prepared by Leslie Carlyle and James Bourdeau.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Ottawa : Canadian Conservation Institute, 1994.Description: 64 pages ; illustrations ; 28 cmSubject(s):
Contents:
Traditional recipes -- Spirit varnish recipes -- Oil-resin varnish recipe -- Megilp varnish -- Temporary varnishes -- Temporary varnishes recipes -- Material used in the preparation of traditional varnishes and a description of the procedure -- The preparation of artists' boards -- Contemporary varnish recipes for paintings -- Hydrogenated hydrocarbons -- Ethyl methacrylate/methyl acrylate -- Butyl methacrylates -- Dammar varnish -- Polycyclohexanones -- PVAs -- Proprietary varnishes.

Proceedings of the Varnish Workshop, Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa, 20-21 September 1994.

Includes bibliographical references.

Traditional recipes -- Spirit varnish recipes -- Oil-resin varnish recipe -- Megilp varnish -- Temporary varnishes -- Temporary varnishes recipes -- Material used in the preparation of traditional varnishes and a description of the procedure -- The preparation of artists' boards -- Contemporary varnish recipes for paintings -- Hydrogenated hydrocarbons -- Ethyl methacrylate/methyl acrylate -- Butyl methacrylates -- Dammar varnish -- Polycyclohexanones -- PVAs -- Proprietary varnishes.