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    Cleaning tiles

    In March, 2022, Riley Doty, a long-time member, professional tile setter and preservationist worked on the library encaustic tiles. 
    If you want to read his recap of the process it is in this link. 

    Before cleaning
    The problem
    Chips and dents
    Floor protection
    Tools
    Sponges and water
    Sample of an encaustic tile where the color is compressed into the tile under pressure
    Riley at work scrubbing
    Black spots turned into white spots
    Right side after first day
    final coatings
    Robert Gelb
    Brass Fireplace Fender
    work complete
    finished tiles
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    All finished and put back together!
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