A few of you asked me to post responses to my question about cleaners to
the list. Unfortunately I only got one response!
For textiles, Orvis is the standard as far as I know. I don't if it
will clean other things as well.
I ended up buying Hagerty's silversmith's polish, a silver duster, and
Hagerty 100 all metal polish. The all metal polish claims to also clean
hard plastics, ceramic, porcelain, marble, and more. I think that
should cover my cleaning needs. The room doesn't have any "archival"
fabrics or textiles that I need to clean although I may need to use
Orvis on some of my other collections at some point.
I have one last question; can someone tell me what they use to clean in
between creases and engraved letters? I did a test run and I found that
just using a rag pushes the polish into those tiny creases and
indentations and it is hard to get it out. I tried a cotton swab but
that wasn't small enough. Any suggestions?
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Christina J. Zamon
Archivist
National Press Club Archives
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Suite 480
Washington, DC 20045
202-662-7598
http://www.press.org/library06/archives.cfm
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From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Christina Hostetter
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:34 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Blacklisted Sender] Cleaners
Hello List! As of January 1st the Truman Lounge (which is the only room
in the whole building where people can smoke) will become smoke free
(yippee!) That means all of the objects, walls, carpet, etc. will need
to be cleaned to get rid of the smoke smell and residue from almost 100
years of smoking (luckily, most of the stuff in the room hasn't been
there for 100 years). It is going to be my job to clean all of the
objects/artifacts housed in that room. As I'm glancing through
conservation catalogs I'm seeing all kinds of cleaners for this and
that. I don't want to buy 50 different things to clean a few objects.
Can anyone recommend one or two "all-purpose" cleaners?
Some of the materials include wood, ceramics, rubber, metal, fabric, and
glass. Thanks!
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Christina J. Zamon
Archivist
National Press Club Archives
529 14th Street, NW
Suite 480
Washington, DC 20045
202-662-7598
http://www.press.org/library06/archives.cfm
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