Remote People
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The light was great for a few quick photos...
thanks! I'll use natural light when I do my set up.Yes you should - great kit there. Natural light always works well!
Would this be a sad example of someone abusing an historic artifact by thinking that cleaning it up would be a good idea... but damaging it in the process.Appears to have been washed to enhance its appearance. That’s what causes that random looking fraying.
Dave
I’d say so and pretty much assures it can’t be improved upon even if now cleaned more correctly. There’s just something about the weave of the cotton that along with embedded dirt, movement, and time will cause internal abrasion and damage to the fibers. Then once you wash it the fibers swell, move around, and show their damage by fraying. That’s my interpretation anyway. The same happens when the hippsters don’t wash their jeans for several years. They end up soon finding holes in the crotch and sometimes where the cuffs stay folded so long. No judgement - I’ve done that to some of mine. I’ve also carefully washed a WWII harness that was filthy. I’m glad I did but was careful and didn’t scrub it like it appears was done to the one for sale. That one might have even been bleached.Would this be a sad example of someone abusing an historic artifact by thinking that cleaning it up would be a good idea... but damaging it in the process.
yikes!!!! its too bad. people need to realize that the stains, dirt and yellowing is part of the charm and the hallmark of being vintage original. I would never try to clean up my vintage stuff. if it came with filth and tarnish then filth and tarnished it stays. lol! now dust and a bit of dead mold on leather can be wiped gently but certainly washing canvas and webbing would be a bad idea. not sure even dry cleaning is a good idea for something 76 years old.I’d say so and pretty much assures it can’t be improved upon even if now cleaned more correctly. There’s just something about the weave of the cotton that along with embedded dirt, movement, and time will cause internal abrasion and damage to the fibers. Then once you wash it the fibers swell, move around, and show their damage by fraying. That’s my interpretation anyway. The same happens when the hippsters don’t wash their jeans for several years. They end up soon finding holes in the crotch and sometimes where the cuffs stay folded so long. No judgement - I’ve done that to some of mine. I’ve also carefully washed a WWII harness that was filthy. I’m glad I did but was careful and didn’t scrub it like it appears was done to the one for sale. That one might have even been bleached.
JMO,
Dave