Cleaning an ancient bronze relic

Urien of Rheged

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Awaiting a meet up with my local find liason officer to take thismid Bronze age spearhead i found last week to be analysed and recorded by the portable antiquities scheme (UK) I'm dying to get the crud off it and with just ketchup and a cloth with tepid water ive managed to remove a fair bit but it's stubborn and im reluctant to go at it any harder with such a magnificent + 3000 year old relic like this.
Anyone know any good non abrasive methods to remove dirt like this from a Bronze alloy?
 

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Awaiting a meet up with my local find liason officer to take thismid Bronze age spearhead i found last week to be analysed and recorded by the portable antiquities scheme (UK) I'm dying to get the crud off it and with just ketchup and a cloth with tepid water ive managed to remove a fair bit but it's stubborn and im reluctant to go at it any harder with such a magnificent + 3000 year old relic like this.
Anyone know any good non abrasive methods to remove dirt like this from a Bronze alloy?
You can go forward but you can never go back if you went too far.

There is a member that lives in Germany.
He does restoration work and posts the results on the forum ever so often.
Maybe send him a pm for advise.
@Tom_Restorer
Thread 'Tom´s Restorations' https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/tom-s-restorations.563526/
 

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