How to clean canvas prints?

4 years 10 months ago #645901 by Inez Villarin
I just got one the strangest calls from a good client of mine who just moved into a new home over the weekend.  Well she has two little boys 4 and nearly 6 years old.  While in the move, the boys got into some dry eraser markers and thought it would be funny to draw beards and color in teeth on a couple of the family portraits.  She sent me a photo of one of the canvases, and it's pretty covered.  And I'm sorry, but I had a guilty laugh.  These kids did a pretty good job!

OK, seriously though, my client wants to know seeing that these are dry eraser markers that did this, can this be rubbed off with out taking off the ink or damaging the print?   I have no clue on this one.  The canvas is a semigloss finished if that makes any difference.  

Thank you for the help.  

Inez


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4 years 10 months ago #645963 by garyrhook
Canvas is essentially fabric, right? Google for how to remove from fabric and one will find lots of hints.

None of which are guaranteed to be successful.

It may be time for new prints.


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4 years 10 months ago #645999 by Don Granger
Canvas is fabric, but fabric with special ink on it.  I wouldn't risk this advice to your client off a random Google search.  Contact a canvas shop and ask them.  If you happen to know who did the prints, ask them, they will know the canvas grade, and type of ink used.  


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4 years 10 months ago #646040 by Tim Chiang
+1 regarding the inks.  Canvas if nothing is on it, will be fine to clean off.  But with the type of ink unknown and  how that will behave being scrubbed, that's the big unknown.  I'd try to track down the original printing company and see what they have to say.  


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