Wet to revitalize?
Is it true?, heard/read it somewhere....if you have woven baskets or even cane seated chairs, these should be wetted and dried at least once a year to keep them from drying out and breaking weave......just found a very unusual woven large carrier with cover at an estate sale and wonder if I should do this......was told this was purchased in India awhile back...that's all that is known........Or is there something else that can be used to keep woven things supple.....
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I know cane seats last longer without a varnish on them but, haven't heard about wetting them. I know the straw basket that are sold at quilt shows are shipped flat, wetted and shaped. The couple that sells them at our show says to wet them once a year. They are made out of some type of straw.
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I have heard that about baskets, makes sense for cane as well.
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Baskets made from real reeds need water. I dip mine in water and let air dry about once a year. My grandmother had cane seat chairs for her kitchen table and she would use the water hose to spray the chairs every summer.
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Yep! Give them a drink once a year. I made baskets for years and always had to soak the reeds in order to weave them.
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Thanks for the positive answers to my ??....... I do have a cane seated old chair that I did have recaned a while back and I do give it a big drink of water each summer...so now I will add this lovely basket, and a few more I own......
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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
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Originally Posted by carolynjo
(Post 7246874)
Yep! Give them a drink once a year. I made baskets for years and always had to soak the reeds in order to weave them.
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The man who repairs my cane bottom chairs told me to wet the seat once a year to keep it from drying out.
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