Cleaning old sword with etching

Joined
Sep 2, 2022
Messages
2
Does anybody know if there’s any products that you should stay away from when trying to clean the rust and patina off of a blade that has etching on it. I do not want to remove any of the etching just some of the patina so I can see the etchjng better. For any products you suggest to use?
 
Knowing nothing about the value of the piece Or even what the piece is I would recommend applying chalk to the etching to see it better. Removing patina especially on Japanese swords destroys value.
 
Scholagladiatoria youtube channel has some sword cleaning and restoration videos along with many educational historical videos.
 
Host the picture on imgur and post the picture here.
 
Does anybody know if there’s any products that you should stay away from when trying to clean the rust and patina off of a blade that has etching on it. I do not want to remove any of the etching just some of the patina so I can see the etchjng better. For any products you suggest to use?
 
Back
Top