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Oiling out still tacky after weeks…what next

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June 18, 2018 at 11:56 am #457672
Millerhill
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In an effort to oil out my first WMO painting I messed up and applied it incorrectly and it’s still tacky after a few weeks. I’m wondering if it would be safe to apply a coat or two of retouching varnish or if it would make things worse.

Steve
June 18, 2018 at 12:51 pm #643154
Gigalot
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Wait until it dries. Put painting to the well illuminated place. You can spray Krylon Quick dry to force drying.
June 18, 2018 at 3:17 pm #643153
Don Ketchek
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If the painting is dry, I wouldn’t worry about it being tacky. It happens.

You could apply a final varnish after waiting the appropriate amount of time and see what happens! I might try the varnish in one small area first.

Don
June 19, 2018 at 2:40 am #643155
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If the painting is dry, I wouldn’t worry about it being tacky.

But if paint is tacky, then it isn’t dry, Don!
BTW, sometimes oil paint need six months or year to dry. The problem comes when paint isn’t dry after three years. Old masters recommended to wait “as much as possible” before varnishing and at least one year to get properly dried painting surface. Modern varnish manufacturers restricts drying time to “more than six months”. With one reason -advertisement.
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