In Due Time Collectibles

Well…at least that is what it FELT like! I received this dear little Shawnee vase, marked USA and it was encrusted with concrete-like hard water deposit. It was truly ugly. It not only looked like concrete, but it stuck to the vase hard like concrete!! I put the base of it in a saucer filled with liquid fabric softener and let it sit there for several days.

With an exacto knife, I began doing what I can only compare to taking plaque off of teeth. It took a little doing and a couple of fresh, sharp exactos, but I got that vase as clean as a whistle! I then filled it up with fabric softener to get the very hard ring on the inside soft enough to do the same thing. You know how good hind-sight is, but I failed to take a before picture! The final product is lovely!!