Removing tissue paper from an oil painting

Not from me, but perhaps someone else here will have an idea.

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I think I would try water.

You would think that water would dissovle tissue and you know it won't dissolve oil paint.

I'm just guessing, mind you....

hmm.. I don't know. Maybe wait until its dry and then use water? Or spit?

Did you notify the artist that this was a terribly bad idea?

The water and daubing off the tissue paper with a lintless cloth would likely work. However, I think there would be some minor touch-up after the process. If any of the tissue has absorbed oil base medium or color, you might be fresh out of luck. The lowest grade of solvents as far as not attacking oil paints would be alcohol, methyline chloride and rubber cement thinner (Bestine). It's a delicate restoration job no matter how you look at it. Why anyone would wrap an oil painting in tissue even on canvas or board is beyond me. Wax paper is the best thing to wrap something like this in but if there are still wet oils on the surface, even that might lift off some paint.