Degradation phenomena
Other (inherent) Paint Deficiences
Soft(ening) Paint
Soft paint is visually difficult to identify. It is paint that has not hardened upon drying and retains a plasticity that allows a permanent deformation when pressure is applied.COMMENT: COMMENT: soft paint can only be conclusively identified by touch.
Literature
Tank Bronken I.A., Boon J.J., Hard dry paint, softening tacky paint, and exuding drips on Composition (1952) by Jean-Paul Riopelle, 2014, in: Issues in Contemporary Oil Paint, pp 247-262Tank Bronken I.A., Boon J.J., Softening paint and drip formation in paintings by Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002): improving their condition with metal coordinating ions, 2014, in: Postprints of ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference, Melbourne, 15-19 September 2014., art. 1303
https://www.icom-cc-publications-online.org/publicationDetail.aspx?cid=de4e45db-acf3-460c-bf54-fa03db4fe7b6
Griffin A., Young C., Hale T., ‘History is my material’ - Anselm Kiefer, 2014, in: Postprints of ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference, Melbourne 2014 , paper 1305
https://www.icom-cc-publications-online.org/PublicationDetail.aspx?cid=4dc86890-ce1a-48d9-bfbb-e5fcdc5fbf9a
Tank Bronken I.A., Boon J.J., Corkery R., Steindal C., On the changing appearance of, and potential treatment options for, softening and dripping paints in CoBrA oil paintings, 2016, in: Studies in Conservation, 61(sup2), pp. 269–270
Soft(ening) Paint
Other (inherent) Paint Deficiences
DrippingExuding Medium
Fluidising Paint
Soft(ening) Paint
Tacky
Wet (Non-drying) Paint
Wrinkling