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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;spartcom5, post: 1531063, member: 5213&quot;]So today I finally attempted my first dag conservation. I bought this for $10 and upon opening it to my surprise it was completely unsealed. In turn this allowed an immense amount of debris buildup and quite a bit of tarnish to accumulate on the inside. With all my tools acquired I gave it a shot. I replaced the glass and dusted the heck out of it. All the scratches are from previous cleaning attempts that obviously failed argh! Also, a lot of what looks like dust are actually spots/debris embedded in the silver plate itself. I didn&#039;t feel comfortable doing anything other than simply dusting it off. I do know you can submerge it in some distilled water but then run the risk of losing the applied gold on her pendant! All in all I am satisfied with my work although I know it could have been much better, I took the safe/minimal route. Taking pictures of these things is EXTREMELY hard. It looks much BETTER in person than in my photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]227592[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]227593[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Plate maker&#039;s mark, one of the most common from France</p><p>[ATTACH=full]227594[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Plate outside of the housing, </p><p>[ATTACH=full]227595[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My finished job! I have a lot of room for improving, such as my tape wrapping. This one was hard because the sides of the plate were crimped/bent and this created folds/wrinkles in the tape while wrapping. In the end upon close inspection all appears to be tight and good to go for a long time! Again, the image itself appears to have spotting that looks like dust but it is debris that is embedded in the photo and would not come off with any amount of dusting, trust me I used a compressed can of air and sprayed it for a few minutes!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]227596[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]227597[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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