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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 01:19:41 -0500 (EST)
From: rfarb <rfarb@na*.ne*>
To: Mike Zimmerman <zimmmt@au*.al*.co*>
Cc: techdiver <techdiver@terra.net>
Subject: Re: Wood restoration question

Contact Leslie Bright at 919.458.9042. U/W archaeologist for State of NC 
at Kure Beach. Expert preservationist. Rod

On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Mike Zimmerman wrote:

> I've got some wood I recovered last year, parts of a musket stock
> from the Civil War era.  I've already put it thru the Muriatic
> Acid soak, and then many months soaking in PEG, and its now
> free of crud and presumably strengthened.  My question for
> now is that the wood is still black, is there anything I can
> go about that (it was encrusted in black crud) ?  I have it
> soaking in fresh water again, until I decide what to do (if anything)
> further before taking it out to dry air.
> 
> Thanks for any info.  
> Mike
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