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> 
> *Re: Cleaning old oak*
> From: Claudio DeLorenzi (
> claudio@d...?subject=Re:%20Cleaning%20old%20oak )
> Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 14:11:28 CDT
> 
> The museum waxes (like Renaissance Wax) are gentle cleaners and reversible
> 
> protective layers at the same time. Even �Furniture Conservator�s Wax�
> works to clean general indoor grime (mature adult indoor grime, not frat
> house)
> Cheers from Waterloo
> Claudio

Along similar lines I was going to suggest starting with a tack cloth just to
take off surface dust and grit and then seeing what I had and working from
there.

FWIW
- Mark

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