Deb,

All fun aside - you know that we don't use Brasso on historic metals, 
don't you?

Actually it behooves any musuem or historic site to have a set of 
guidelines that are part of any contract for space use that cover 
secuirty, safety, and conservation issues. This should include having a 
collections/conservation monitor present during the event. I can't tell 
you how many times we caught film crews trying to move antiques, or to 
use those damn oil-based fog machines, when I worked for a major 
history musuem in years past.

Cheers!
Dave

David Harvey
Conservator
Los Angeles, California

-----Original Message-----
From: Deb Fuller <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent:         Tue, 31 May 2005 09:22:37 -0400
Subject: Re: Dry ice fog is essentially water vapor

   On 5/31/05, Amy West <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Have I ever mentioned the wedding band that started setting up a fog
> machine (using fog juice) and a bubble machine in the museum's Great
> Hall? (Armors all around.)

I would have told them to go right ahead - and then handed them the
Brasso and told them that they'd have to polish every piece of armor
afterwards. ;)

deb

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