A Little Touch Up for an Antique Frame

Mike's mother recently gave us an antique painting that is in a beautiful frame.  It once belonged to one of his father's ancestors.  Over the years, it had gathered a few nicks and dings and I felt like they sort of distracted from the overall beauty of the frame. 

The two photos above show how there were these white spots that just seemed to jump out to me and were distracting from the painting and the beautiful frame.  I wanted to do something that didn't alter the integrity of the painting or the frame.  So, when I ran across a post on the blog, Edith and Evelyn, where Cindy shared her secret Homemade Glaze, an idea tugged at the corner of my brain.

So, I mixed up a bit of that glaze and did a few little touch ups.  I didn't even remove the painting from the wall.

There were a dozen or so little dings to which I added a light coat of glaze.  The total time it took me was about ten minutes and that counts the time it took me to find the paint and thin it with water.

Above is a grainy phone picture showing the finished product.  The painting is a bit dark and the paint has cracked a bit but it is a relaxing pastoral scene with a house set in a meadow surrounded by a copse of trees. I am wondering if it could be cleaned but for now, we are enjoying it and the beautiful frame adds some class to our den!