medal cleaning

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theframer
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medal cleaning

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Hi All i have a customer that wants some medals framing but wants to clean them first what can i reccomend him to clean them with?
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Merlin
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Re: medal cleaning

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Be very careful. Nearly all metal polish is abrasive to some extent.
Also do not get any cleaner on the ribbons.

Try using a rubber pencil eraser. Takes a long time though and difficult to get into the area around any text.
John GCF
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Re: medal cleaning

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Thanks John
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