Last
week An came down to stay with us for a couple days after her freshman
orientation for UCLA (yay!). After recovering and sleeping it all off, she was up early Friday and ready for her first estate
sale adventure. It was fun to have a
pair of young eyes with an interest in a different vintage era; her interest is in late 60's mod, flower power. We walked away with a great haul of Brusche Bauer pottery, Floracal pottery, and a few wall hanging pieces!
Typically
the majority of my junk haul is pottery & kitchenware so when I get home
from an estate sale I almost always run a sink of soapy water and drop
everything in for a bath. Unfortunately, this is where the bad news comes
in....Annie had picked out some really cute Chalkware flower basket wall
hangings. I didn't know what Chalkware was and dropped them in the water too! Note to self....don’t ever submerse Chalkware in water again. I was so heart broken when I took them out of
the water and noticed that the paint had peeled away in a couple spots. This is when I started to Google the marking on
the flower baskets and discovered Chalkware is exactly what it sounds like – is
a plaster or gypsum!- Don't make the same mistake I did. Do not submerse in water!
- Dust on a regular basis
- Wipe with a clean cloth – barely damp!!
To dry them out I put them in the oven at a super low heat and left in for an hour at a time. I'm happy to report they are now dry, but as you can see from the picture above, not in the pristine condition they were originally.
Here are a few other Chalkware beauties I spotted on Etsy & the links below
good to know!
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