{"id":2851,"date":"2013-02-15T22:29:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T06:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2013-02-15T22:29:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T06:29:19","slug":"after-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=2851","title":{"rendered":"After Bath\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been trying to figure out how to age\/distress wool pieces. I was pretty sure that cold wax would be the solution, but an interesting thing happened. I removed the felt that I had stitched onto the back of a piece to find casemaking moths living in a crease near the bottom. <\/p>\n<p>That was it, nothing left to lose. I filled the bath with water and sodium bicarb. Tossed in the piece and left it overnight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/PieceBathIMG_8411.jpg\" alt=\"Piece in Bath\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next morning I applied a solution of peroxide, white vinegar, and salt. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/PieceAfterBathIMG_8418.jpg\" alt=\"Piece After Bath\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then wrapped the piece in plastic, a bit of a brief fuming. When I unwrapped the piece sometime in the afternoon, much of the metal had oxidized. I took the piece outside and sprayed it down with the garden hose. The piece was left outside to air dry and catch some sun. <\/p>\n<p>My hope is a soak overnight in salt water, saturation with a metal oxidizer, a drenching with water, and some sun would break the moth cycle. <\/p>\n<p>This is how the piece looks tonight. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/PieceRustIMG_8469.jpg\" alt=\"Piece With Rust\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I plan to give the piece an application of shellac. Yep, bug goo. I have been testing some oxides mixed with denatured alcohol, then added to shellac.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, it will be time to build a frame\/box most likely out of cedar.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been trying to figure out how to age\/distress wool pieces. I was pretty sure that cold wax would be the solution, but an interesting thing happened. I removed the felt that I had stitched onto the back of a piece to find casemaking moths living in a crease near the bottom. That was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=2851\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">After Bath\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,24,27,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-fiber","category-needlework","category-processes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2851"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2863,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2851\/revisions\/2863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}