Deb Fuller wrote:

> Okay, here's a silly question from a non-conservator:
>
> To clean Michelangelo's David, why can't he just be gently hosed down
> with distilled water or something non-abrasive or corrosive? After all,
> he is marble, which I thought was a pretty tough material. I can
> understand the need to tidy him up in hard to reach spots as well as
> wanting to study how he was made, but why does he need to be scrubbed
> like he could break with one good sneeze?
>
> Just curious,
>
> Deb - an educator not a conservator :)


Well .. speaking from a man's point of view .. I must say that being
"hosed down" in those "hard to reach spots" does evoke some uncomfortable
images .. (and no, not necessarily speaking from personal experience ..)

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Roy Hemmat, [log in to unmask]
Director, Discovery Media
http://www.museumstuff.com

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