bread cleaning and aftereffects

[Katrin Kania <katrin.kania@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello conservators,

> I was going to write YOU to thank you. I was going crazy with all the
> recipes
> being offered. I felt 100 times better after I read your posting b/c I
> thought I
> was the only one in the world that thought it was a crazy idea.

I do definitely remember a professor of heritage conservation telling me
that decades ago, the inner parts of bread were used to clean frescoes.
And his next phrase was: "That is not done anymore, because it resulted in
heavy problems with mould growth on the paintings."
I will never forget - it was in an examination, and that cleaning with
bread could be done at all was utterly new to me : /
So maybe it would be a good idea to look for publications on the
aftereffects of cleaning with bread on paintings before trying it on
textiles?

Best greetings,
Katrin

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