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[–] to_go@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

have you considered you might be one of the cats?

 

Half the dust just goes into the air and resettles elsewhere. It seems like I am making the situation worse.

How can I wipe the dust in a way so as to avoid just pushing it around so much?

I did some web searches but none of them seem to have much helpful advice on this.

[–] to_go@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

I'm not sure how to use water because the structure is composed of hardboard with fabric glued onto it. Not sure if hardboard is a universal term, here is a picture of what I mean:

A closer zoom of the bottom picture showing construction:

The porous, adsorbent side of the board has had the canvas glued to it. How to rinse that?

(Filesize limits on lemmy prevent posting larger photos.)

[–] to_go@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

hmmm I don't recall. Would be worth trying. Maybe a shop vac or something really strong would be able to suck off some dirt. If I had access to one. I'll try the one I have.

 

I have this piece of art I really like. I got it about 15 years ago at a thrift store. I'm not sure what you call this style/medium. The only thing I've seen is "folkart".

It is dingy and I want to clean it. Particularly the white fabric background.

I don't remember exactly what I did but at some point I tried spot cleaning and this was the result:

construction:

base: 1/4" hardboard composite with canvas sort of fabric glued on

hardboard I don't know if this term is regional or well known. It's that brown sheet that is often used on the backside of cheap modern furniture, like a bookshelf. It's smooth on one side and rough on the other.

Top and bottom edges are in a groove of wood molding strips; these are stapled on and can be removed

design is made up of little items glued on: beads, small rocks, cord, ceramic

doesn't seem to be a top coat or anything

There's not really any hidden areas to test.

the glue is quite robust, I have been surprised that hardly anything has fallen off.

Any ideas? Hardboard really can't get wet.

I wish I had properly protected it years ago.