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Bonding Simple Ceramic Breaks

This method can be used to repair plates, cups, saucers and bowls made in porcelain, earthenware, terracotta or pottery. (Note. if it is rare or valuable, you should entrust the task to a professional restorer.) 1. Preparing the surface...

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20th January 1996

Cleaning & Reviving Furniture

Before cleaning furniture, you should remove all dust from the surface of the piece, using a soft-bristled dusting brush. Make sure you work the bristles into any recessed sections and moldings. If your piece is simply dull and dirty...

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20th January 1996

Cleaning Alabaster & Soapstone

Never immerse alabaster or soapstone in soapy water, or you might soften and weaken it. First dust with a dusting brush, then, if necessary, wipe lightly with a cotton bud dipped in warm, soapy, distilled water and then wrung...

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20th January 1996

Cleaning Arms & Armor

Great care is called for in cleaning arms and armor. Because different metals are often incorporated in one piece it is easy to splash a cleaning agent appropriate for one metal over another, damaging its patination. The way...

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20th January 1996

Cleaning Basalt & Granite

These stones are nonporous, so dirt rarely penetrates them. However, to remove superficial dirt and grime, scrub with a stiff-bristled brush (or wire brush if necessary) and soapy water containing two drops...

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20th January 1996

Cleaning Champlevé

A decorative form of metalwork, champlevé involves cutting small depressions into the surface of a metal, usually copper, filling them with enamel pastes, then firing the piece at high temperature to fix the enamels. Before...

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20th January 1996