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<p>[QUOTE="Mill Cove Treasures, post: 371731, member: 60"]Can you tell if the frame is gold leaf? The shiny part looks like it might be silver leaf with bronze powder. Be careful with cleaning. If it is gold leaf, do not use any water based products. You can ruin the surface and destroy the gesso and bole beneath the gold. Mineral spirits should remove surface dirt. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it is bronze powder, you can use a soap like Vulpex. It isn't cheap but it works great. You can buy from conservation supply places. If you search Google, you might be able to find smaller bottles. Here is a link to a conservation site for information purposes. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.talasonline.com/Vulpex-Soap" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.talasonline.com/Vulpex-Soap" rel="nofollow">http://www.talasonline.com/Vulpex-Soap</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mill Cove Treasures, post: 371731, member: 60"]Can you tell if the frame is gold leaf? The shiny part looks like it might be silver leaf with bronze powder. Be careful with cleaning. If it is gold leaf, do not use any water based products. You can ruin the surface and destroy the gesso and bole beneath the gold. Mineral spirits should remove surface dirt. If it is bronze powder, you can use a soap like Vulpex. It isn't cheap but it works great. You can buy from conservation supply places. If you search Google, you might be able to find smaller bottles. Here is a link to a conservation site for information purposes. [URL]http://www.talasonline.com/Vulpex-Soap[/URL][/QUOTE]
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