Luristan iron sword need advice for preservation.

Lee · 4th January 2022, 03:40 PM

Unfortunately, I cannot find the detailed 'recipe' at the moment, but once I followed a procedure of soaking a flaking sword in alkalinized (using sodium hydroxide) distilled water (refreshed every couple of days when pH dropped below, if I remember correctly, 11) for several weeks (until the pH stabilized,) followed by three day long soaks in anhydrous isopropyl alcohol followed by a couple of soaks in acetone and then a coating with paraloid B-72 as a sealer. Several years later, this still appears to have stabilized the sword.

Cerjak · 4th January 2022, 07:21 PM

many thanks for all these advices, I will expand on the leads given here.
Again many thanks and Happy New Year to all of you.

Bob A · 4th January 2022, 10:56 PM

Electrochemical restoration?

https://link.springer.com/article/10...008-009-0876-4

4th January 2022, 03:40 PM	#1
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 970	Unfortunately, I cannot find the detailed 'recipe' at the moment, but once I followed a procedure of soaking a flaking sword in alkalinized (using sodium hydroxide) distilled water (refreshed every couple of days when pH dropped below, if I remember correctly, 11) for several weeks (until the pH stabilized,) followed by three day long soaks in anhydrous isopropyl alcohol followed by a couple of soaks in acetone and then a coating with paraloid B-72 as a sealer. Several years later, this still appears to have stabilized the sword.

4th January 2022, 07:21 PM	#2
Cerjak Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: FRANCE Posts: 1,065	many thanks for all these advices, I will expand on the leads given here. Again many thanks and Happy New Year to all of you.

4th January 2022, 10:56 PM	#3
Bob A Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 446	Electrochemical restoration? https://link.springer.com/article/10...008-009-0876-4