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Re: cleaning cast iron pot
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"Robert B." <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Fri, 31 Oct 2003 05:48:08 +0000
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can I suggest, that you  get in touch with your local
conservator. I am sure he can help. No one would do
their own dental work...


 --- Curator Fort Morgan Museum
<[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I have a large (42"
diameter 24" tall) cast iron pot
> that I believe was used at Fort Morgan, C.T.
> (1864-1868)- before it came to us it was used as a
> flower pot and then sat outside empty- the end
> result is that the metal is flaking, but what
> concerns me most is the bird droppings- does any one
> have suggestions for gently removing the droppings-
> right now I'm leaning toward some 0000 steel wool
> and a lot of time-
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Nikkie
>
>
> Nikkie Cooper, Curator
> Fort Morgan Museum
>
> P.O. Box 184
> Fort Morgan, CO 80701
> 970-867-6331
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
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