bill gent
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talked finally to dave miller who is a curator at the Smithsonian military museum dave sudguested to use a cotton swab wrapped in oo or oooo steel wool soak this in ballestal to clean artifacts oh dave said don't use this on copper
to preserve all other iron after cleaning apply a thin coating of micro crystalline (spelling) available at a home depot store its furniture polish called Renaissance Wax this will help preserve artifacts .
And he also said to place any bullets in archival jars and handle always with gloves never never take the patina off of them .
the ballestal you can get at a sporting goods or gun store
Dave also shuns the use of electrolosis and tumblers time and patience he said is the key never hurry to take off in a flash what time put on it
to preserve all other iron after cleaning apply a thin coating of micro crystalline (spelling) available at a home depot store its furniture polish called Renaissance Wax this will help preserve artifacts .
And he also said to place any bullets in archival jars and handle always with gloves never never take the patina off of them .
the ballestal you can get at a sporting goods or gun store
Dave also shuns the use of electrolosis and tumblers time and patience he said is the key never hurry to take off in a flash what time put on it
