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Cleaning glass exhibit case

From: Ethel Hellman <hellman>
Date: Thursday, December 23, 1999
Joice Himawan <jhimawan [at] masshist__org> writes

>When I'm in a hurry and can't wait for chemicals to off-gas, I use a
>wet newspaper....
>...
>...  The reason I don't use this
>method all the time is because it's a lot messier than Windex in a
>spray bottle.

Try spraying water onto the glass and then wiping with dry
newspaper. It does the job without the mess.

Ethel E. Hellman
Collections Conservator for Widener Library
Widener Library - Room D-25
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA  02138
617-495-3494
Fax: 617-495-0403


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