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Treatment; 08 Oct 1993; Repair and consolidate as required. Check mount.; Metals

Reason: Storage
Description: The active corrosion was manually removed with a scalpel and stencil brush. The detached pieces were readhered to the sword with HMG heatproof and waterproof adhesive (cellulose nitrate). The smaller structural breaks were adhered with Devcon 5 minute epoxy, leaving two halves of the sword. Gaps in the joins and laminating layers were filled with microballoons and HMG heatproof and waterproof adhesive (cellulose nitrate). The two halves were coated with several layers of 5% Paraloid B72 and the fills inpainted with dry pigment and shellac. The two halves were joined with Devcon 5 minute epoxy resin, gaps filled with microballoons and HMG and inpainted with dry pigments and shellac. The fabric and double sided tape were removed from the polyester and fiberglass mount. The mount was covered with a thin layer of expanded polyethylene foam which was adhered with Paraloid B72. Blocks of plastazote polyethylene foam were adhered to the bottom with B72 to stabilize the mount. Two pieces of plastazote were also adhered with B72 to the interior of the mount in order to increase support of the sword.
Details: Treatment