A recent retouching exercise on a beautiful cello with very textured varnish. Apart from being too dark and messy looking in colour, the old retouch had a flat and shiny texture compared to the deep, matt craqueleur of the original varnish.
After removing the old retouch, I applied some Deft and re-created the texture with my scraper. Even though it’s not 100% the same, it will fool the eyes enough not to be noticable, as long as the mattness of the retouched area is the same as the original varnish around it.
Iris Carr Restorations 