Black silver

From: Terry Drayman-Weisser <*tweisser<-a*> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 · tweisser<-a

Barbara Appelbaum <aandh [at] pop__mindspring__com> writes

>I have recently been working on disaster recovery for the object
>collection of an archives that had a smoke infiltration ...

Is there any possibility that the silver was coated with a product
containing silicone?  Just a thought.

Terry Drayman-Weisser

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