Winsor & Newton Artists' Picture Cleaner, 75ml (2.5-oz) Bottle

Wow. Smelly, but seriously effective. Takes some patience but worth the trouble if you like to collect old paintings like I do. I used cotton pads for the first pass or two, then switch to Qtips for detail work or difficult pieces. You use a small bottle per painting if you are being thorough. Don’t forget to buy the turpentine do do a quick pass over the picture to remove any residue when finished. First photo shows flowers, left side not cleaned, right side wiped twice. Barn painting shows before and after- and the nasty little cotton pads with the dirt removed.

I recently bought a beautiful seascape in oil from Salvation Army and noticed that the whites on the painting had yellowed, there was no smoke smell, so could have been kitchen grease, not sure. As it’s an older painting, I decided to try to clean it myself with this product. I couldn’t believe the amount of dirt and gunk that was coming off of the paint. Just use a soft cotton cloth that’s lint free and won’t grab onto texture and gently go over each section until most of the dirt is gone. Don’t spend too much time cleaning or you risk damaging the varnish or dissolving the paint. The painting is so much clearer and fresher looking now, but still has its vintage look. I also used it on the second thrift store painting of flowers that I have. The painting wasn’t as dirty as the seascape, but I still got some dirt off of the surface. The close up is before, the whites were yellow-brownish and the overall painting had a yellowed look. I’m pretty happy with this product. It does have a pretty strong smell initially, but it’ll dissipate over time.

A little bit goes a long way.

A great product! I bought this painting at an estate sale and didn't notice the smoke damage til outside. The second picture, with very visible horizontal brown lines, is when I first brought the painting home- no cleaning yet. The third picture is after several rounds of wiping it down with cotton cloths, warm water, and a drop of Dawn dish soap. The lines are much better, but still visible. I researched products that could help and found this painting cleaner and also bought the distilled turpentine to use after, as recommended by other users. I shook the painting cleaner periodically and used on cotton pads and wiped the painting down. I couldn't find clear instructions on how to use but this worked well and let me apply little bits at a time to ensure it wasn't damaging. I could see the brown patches disappearing immediately after wiping different pieces of the painting. The first pic is immediately after using the picture cleaner. After I let this dry for a bit, I applied the distilled turpentine with cotton cloths to remove any cleaner residue and I think this helped remove any chalkiness. The last pic is a close up of cleaner used on Right side and no cleaner on the Left side of photo. The color of the blue changed so much! The painting looks like it's in a different season from when we began. Highly recommend and will keep both products on hand in my vintage restoring tools! To note: no instructions on bottle and a very strong scent (like a pine sol) to the cleaner. Smell lingers for several hours.

I used it to clean a painting from 1890, and it barely made a difference

The perfect size for home use. I was able to clean four 18 x 14” paintings and have 80% of the bottle left. I guess my pictures were pretty clean, because very little dirt came off and I noticed no difference in the before and after.

This is awesome cleaner!!! I had very good results on two oil paintings!

I had bought this starving artist oil painting from about 1980's, I'm guestimating. Left side is the before and right side after. It's not a drastic change, but it did pull a little dirt and brightened the picture up. I used microfiber towels to apply the product and followed up with turpentine when I was done. I just bought the turpentine from the hardware store and once applied, dried off with a microfiber towel. First time I ever did this and I found it to be a simple process. I agree with other comments, if you have a piece of valuable art, take it to a professional. This is great for using on your thrifts or flea market finds.

Es el mejor producto de su especie que haya probado, si se utiliza correctamente limpia los cuadros perfectamente sin dañar la pintura

I have a few old family old paintings that needed cleaning and this did the trick. Very simple to use and great results. Note that this is for cleaning only-- it won't remove old, yellowed varnish.

It works as intended. I give it 4 stars only because its strong odour. gave me a headache.