| With bronze being one of the oldest forms of art, it is | | | | there are bright green spots spreading all over the |
| also one of the sturdiest, to outlast most all other types | | | | bronze piece, sometimes referred to as Bronze |
| of material arts throughout time. Bronze came about | | | | Disease, this type of corrosion can be removed by |
| during some of the earliest of civilizations like China, | | | | carefully scraping it off with a knife or by rubbing |
| Egypt, Greece and Rome. Artifacts found in several | | | | heavily with a brass cleaning brush. Never use steel or |
| various archaeological digs over the past several | | | | wire brushes because this will damage the antique |
| decades, brings about bronze items of coins to | | | | surface along with making sure to bring back the |
| statues. | | | | corrosion again later on. When removing this form of |
| Through the centuries of time, bronze has been used | | | | corrosion, there can be a 10% solution of acetic acid |
| in numerous ways like to cast large church and town | | | | mixed with water applied to the corroded areas for |
| ringing bells to aid in wars for several different army's | | | | easier removal and to lessen any damage during |
| by the cannons being made completely of bronze. | | | | corrosion removal. |
| There is even an era named after bronze, called of | | | | If you have the awful misfortune of a piece being |
| course, the Bronze Era. During the Victorian age, the | | | | broken off of the bronze art work, you can have it |
| original Victoria Crosses were made from bronze, and | | | | professionally repaired or correct the issue yourself by |
| the Indian and British craftsmen were making small | | | | using a soft solder to repair at the broken area and |
| statuettes along with other various objects of artistic | | | | then apply a bronze colored lacquer to the repaired |
| works. These items of rarity are highly sought after in | | | | soldered area. Color and polish the once damaged |
| our day and age by many of the antique collectors. | | | | spot until you have a match between the repaired |
| Bronze is a artistic material that ages gracefully and | | | | area and the rest of the bronze piece. You can also |
| over time, bronze will acquire its own variational colors | | | | use a bronze wax gult, and all though the end results |
| of brown and or bluish-greenish shades. This is a | | | | may look good, there will be a weakness at the |
| naturally typical occurrence and can easily be | | | | adjoined area and the durability will be compromised to |
| remedied when it happens by gently polishing the | | | | chance the art work to brake or easily become |
| bronze artwork by using a dry soft polishing cloth. If | | | | damaged again. |