On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Janice Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I work at a museum that consists of a 1794 stone house and several mill buildings.
There is also an old quarry that is now a pond.

I do educational programming so I know very little about caring for collections.
We received a donation of a wooden box full of stone cutter tools c. 1900.

It is very dirty and the tools are all rusty.
I would like to clean them up for display.
Can I just wash them with water? A co-worker suggested Windex.

I know I can't do much about the rust but can I put something on them so it won't get any worse?

Also if anyone interprets quarries I would be very interested in what kind of programs you do.

Thanks so much-

Janice Armstrong
Prallsville Mills
Delaware River Mill Society

Stockton, NJ
www.DRMS-Stockton.org

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