Damn!  I forgot the part about the bedsteads in the earlier posting about
whiteout and bedsteads.  This is what comes from writing in the heat of
the moment.
 
Old bedsteads are common enough, now.  In the course of time, they will
become artifacts and a legitimate part of museum collections.  One of my
colleagues will be paid a fee/salary to remove the spray paint.  Please,
don't sandblast it no more; it will cost ever so much more to remove
pigment from the tiny pores created by the sand and I'm not certain that
the tax on my social security will be able to stand the strain.
 
Just a thought.
 
Jack C. Thompson
Thompson Conservation Lab
Portland, OR
 
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