Tourist acrylic from Africa, with shiny varnish, thin paint, and some cracks. On thin canvas, with insufficient border. Customer wants to frame and hang over kitchen sink, and also wants it to last. I told her that, even if we added more canvas, stretching would worsen the cracks. I've mounted a few unvarnished tempra paintings to Canvas MountCor, which worked well, but varnished acrylic is a different critter. Would you wet mount it with fabric glue or acrylic gel? Would you use another method?
Since acrylic is hygroscopic, seems like it would need glass and a spacer, instead. And MarvelSeal? But does encasing a mounted, varnished acrylic cause a problem, even when you have an air space? Thanks for any thoughts.
Since acrylic is hygroscopic, seems like it would need glass and a spacer, instead. And MarvelSeal? But does encasing a mounted, varnished acrylic cause a problem, even when you have an air space? Thanks for any thoughts.