I'm re-furbing a sign that hangs under a pine tree. There are quite a few small globs of pine pitch on the gilded lettering. I'd like to remove it without damaging the gild, which is in good shape. Any ideas or experience with this problem?
I know I can remove it from the rest of the sign with a little soaking and rub with terps but I'm worried about the gild. There really isn't a spot to experiment. This is a first for me.
Any tips or ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe,
Makin Chip$ and Havin Fun!
Posted by Tim Barrow (Member # 576) on :
Take the turps and a q-tip and try to remove the pitch,..if it messes up the gild charge the customer to regild it.
edited to add,..warn the customer that this will most likely reoccur if they hang the sign back in the same enviornment.
[ August 22, 2010, 09:03 PM: Message edited by: Tim Barrow ]
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
Maybe alcohol and q tips?
Posted by Bill Modzel (Member # 22) on :
I had good luck with some diluted Simple Green on sap a few weeks ago. I don't know what tree it was from but I tried solvents that didn't touch it.
Posted by Philip Steffen (Member # 2235) on :
Could you turn it upside down, heat it up(?)and let the sap drip off? I have cleaned it off of Bronze statues a few times with mild soap and elbow grease, but the acid in the sap has always eaten through the patina and left a drop-shape of discoloration.
Posted by Lawrence Armstrong (Member # 8336) on :
Alcohol gel hand sanitizer or margarine.
Posted by Joe Cieslowski (Member # 2429) on :
Thanks for the good ideas.
I think I'll try the heat first. It has softened and hardened so many times that it isn't desolving very well. If I can "melt" it, or at least soften it, I might just be able to wipe it off with a rag and terps or denatured alcohol.
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