You can buy it through conservation suppliers or in small quantities through quilt suppliers. Be careful how much you use. It doesn't have all the fillers of other deturgents, so a little goes a long way.

Elizabeth Walton
www.clothslinejournal.com


-------Original Message-------
From: Jillian Adams <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 06/25/03 03:13 PM
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Subject: Re: Cleaning white gloves?

>
> Where can you purchase Orvus? Are there any downsides to using Borax?

Jillian

At 10:06 AM 6/21/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>In reply to Sarah, who asked about cleaning white cotton gloves used in
the
>museum:
>
>I am under the impression that in order to clean the gloves, yet not
>transfer to the artifact any damaging residue from the cleaning agent,
one
>should use Orvus paste to clean the gloves.
>Lynne
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