Jennifer - You might want to try contacting the Marine Conservation Lab at Texas A&M. They work with removing barnacles and other marine encrustations from metal a lot. Their web site is: http://nautarch.tamu.edu/napcrl.htm and they have an email link for contacting them. Good Luck. Kate Hogue Conner Museum Kingsville, TX Jennifer Williams wrote: > A colleague informed me she found a gun encrusted with barnacles and they > have it soakingin water to remove them!! UGH! A long history about the gun, > but just to say it may be from the 17th century. Anyway, how should the > barnacles be removed???? Thanks!!! > Jennifer L. Williams > Independent Museum-type Person (IMP) > Boone, NC > > "There's no time like the past." > -Capt. Braxton of USS Relativity > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).