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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 8063102, member: 5833&quot;]I would give it a good soak, maybe even overnight, in water with a dab of dish washing liquid soap.&nbsp; I just use tap water, but if you have something around that has been more filtered, you might want to use that.&nbsp; You only need enough to submerge the piece.&nbsp; After soaking, you can go at it with a soft toothbrush.&nbsp; If no amount of brushing takes some of the more embedded grunge out, soak some more.&nbsp; With some pieces I&#039;ve had to soak &amp; brush 3 or 4 times to restore shell to the way it looked when it left the carver&#039;s hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>My personal taste is to clean the cameo back to new looking but to leave signs of age on the metal surround.&nbsp; Think you would want to look out for those decorative curls, not to grab them with the toothbrush.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pat dry, then, really important, give piece a good long time to air dry before enclosing it in any way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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