Seeking suggestions on how to stabalise/preserve a couple of very rusted/rotted stick grenade cans.They are more rust than original steel.Heavy cleaning would totaly destry them,some sort of coating? Soak in satin varnish mayby ? Thet are too fae gone for a coat of wax.
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WW1 Battle field pick up stick grenade
- Thread starter JOHN LANDON
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A few further thoughts ,dunking these objects in varnish is probably NOT a good idea .It would take months for it to completely harden and could end up more brittle then when started .Biggest objection would be that this process will be irreversable /permanant .Good conservation requires that the object is not changed in any way and what ever treatments are made can be reversed/removed in the future if so required .Still thinking of a "dunking" method to completely encapsulate and seal them . A strong solution of PVA [60% white glue] will soak into the porous areas and give some structural strength.It should dry almost colourless with a slight sheen to it.If at a later date its needed to remove the preserving layer it can be done using alcohol ,which will cause no further degradation of the base object.
Can you show the grenade it will give people some idea what your having to work on
AHHHHHHH ahead of you there Spotter , I had taken before "treatment" photos and now that the first one is "dry to touch " will be taking "after" photos of it , these will be posted.I have a nasty feeling that I might not have done us any favours by potentially increasing the price of rusted relic grenades.
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