I have been using the traditional dammar varnish to protect my paintings but haven’t found it entirely satisfactory. I had read about Gamvar varnish based on research at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA and it sounded good. I have been searching for an Australian Supplier for a while and have now found one here.
A video of how to apply it is here.
An interesting article on varnishing can be found here
I hope this is useful for anyone else who is looking for a conservation grade varnish.
PS. A list of suppliers in other countries can be found here
Marilyn Harris
Hi Richard!! Thanks for this great info!! :o)
Marilyn Brown
Hi EnPassant, would love you to add this to this forum, if you wouldn’t mind. It sounds like it is very useful information.
EnPassant:
Hi Marilyn
The ‘interesting article on varnishing’ is already on that forum but will post the rest.
Marilyn Brown
Sorry about that I should have checked. Thanks for the rest though!