Q is for Q-tips: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 19, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

DSC09870 Okay, I am giving it away.  My super secret cleaning tool.  Q-tips Brand Cotton swabs and elbow grease.  Sometimes, a bit of distilled water.  That’s it.  I cleaned the entire Marguerite McLoughlin Chinese Lacquer Sewing Cabinet using 10,000 Q-tips.  Why that brand?  I’ve tried the others, and they won’t stand up to elbow grease.

And we are famous for our cleaning-with-Q-tips expertise: Check it out!

Thousands of Q-tips . . .
Before and after cleaning. . .
The lotus cornice before cleaning. . .
Cleaning the Lotus cornice. . .
W09 PEDIMENT AFTER TREATMENT MPFC

The Lotus cornice after cleaning!

Marguerite McLoughlin's Chinese Lacquer Sewing Cabinet After Conservation Treatment

Marguerite McLoughlin’s Chinese Lacquer Sewing Cabinet After Conservation Treatment

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hollywood baby turned beach gurl turned steel&glass city gurl turned cowgurl turned herb gurl turned green city gurl. . . artist writer photographer. . . cat lover but misses our big dogs, gone to heaven. . . buddhist and interested in the study of spiritual traditions. . . foodie, organic, lover of all things mik, partner in conservation business mpfconservation, consummate blogger, making a dream happen, insomniac who is either reading buddhist teachings or not-so-bloody mysteries or autobio journal thangs early in the morning when i can't sleep
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2 Responses to Q is for Q-tips: A-to-Z Challenge

  1. Aewl says:
    April 19, 2014 at 3:53 pm

    Very nice post. Mrs. Aewl wanted me to write about q-tips also, but I declined. Glad someone did.

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