storing an oil painting

[westernwiz12]

Can anyone please tell me how to wrap and store a freshly painted oil painting once it is dry

[gammaray]

don't wrap it in a blanket or similar. There are specialist art restorers that will hemetically seal the painting for you. It will cost, but it will be done professionally.

If you are doing it yourself the thing to remember is do not let the packaging material actually touch the painted surface. Oil paintings, particularly newly painted/dried, surfaces actually sweat over time. Un fettered, the oils dry back into the canvas without too much of a problem. If there is anything touching the surface the oils soak into whatever it is and can cause discolouration of the painting.