Thread: Wet to revitalize?
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Old 07-04-2015, 11:26 AM
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Cecelia363
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"modern" baskets can be washed in mild soapy water ( garlicky butter spots) but DO NOT wet old (25+/-years) Native American baskets, a museum curator told me the molecules change and the plant material (cellulose) may dissolve
into mush!!!
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