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Hello, I treated the leather bloom that I encountered in a collection by gently brushing off the bloom with a soft brush. This was done in a fume hood, for my safety and for preventing the "bloom dust" from contaminating other materials. The gentle brushing shouldn't impact the surface of the binding. ...

Hello, Years ago (2009), when I starting working at the Burns Library I noticed that a number of framed works had these brown-colored "bumpons". The framed art work had been hanging in a hallway likely since the 1980s. The bumpers on the frames had begun to soften and material had oozed, staining ...