I've used SLO many times over the years (something I picked up from Max Longhurst ), and it works well. I recently tried another product , from Abteilung 502, a liquid flattening agent that seems to do what it says on the label, without breaking down the pigment. It appears to help the oil paint flow easier, much like the spike lavender oil.
Onward and upward, we hope

Alan

Mike,mate ,get well soon.You were already an excellent painter so imagine what you are going to achieve when the eyes are treated.Hope all ends for the best and soon.

Oda.

Thanks old chap......decrepitude...eh? Still, everything should be sorted once they
decide on which way to go with the treatment.....now then where did I put my white
stick ? .

Mike

Another thought as I sit here idle - Macintosh's pistol, with
its distinctive scrolled butt and absent trigger guard, might
be worth a mention. It's a 0.52 calibre all steel 'Doune' pattern
produced by Christie and Murdoch of Perthshire. A more
basic and much cheaper copy, made by Isaac Bissell of
Birmingham, was issued to the 42nd's rank and file, but an
original 'Murdoch' was the pistol of choice for the Officer class.
The more wealthy of them often owned a matched pair decorated
with exquisite chasing like these......

Mike

Depends on which country Kev. A pair offered in a Scottish auction made £10,000, while
in the States another pair sold for $25,000. Check your attic, Kev....you never know

Mike