hey /ic/. I have a question about oil painting varnish. I varnished

>>3100790
no idea m8, you could try rubbing it back some? carefully of course
otherwise let it shine

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>>3100790
it should get less glossy when it's dry in my experience, the only time i've tried to fix something like this i fucked it up though, i tried to strip some of the varnish off with turps, and then apply a matte varnish, but it um..became a mr. bean type situation..or i suppose monkey jesus is the more timely reference

>>3100872
>>3100879
damn lol
I guess I'll wait maybe a few more days before trying to rub back some. Thanks

Place it under better lighting conditions. Trying to remove the gloss will ruin the underlying paint.

>>3100790
Put another coat of matte varnish over the gloss. It;s not that complicated.

>>3100790
I'm gonna be that guy.

The life lessons here are not to varnish right before a show, and to test unknown varnishes before using them on good paintings (especially right before a show). Obviously, you have to learn how the materials dry, but your timing was unfortunate. I recommend you take a canvas with a throwaway painting, divide it into quadrants, label those quadrants, then apply several different varnishes to them according to your labeling. Keep it for reference and you can get away with rush jobs. Not gonna lie; when I was younger I hung wet paintings, too.