When I was in London for the 2011 Pest Odyssey conference I picked up one of those free tabloid newspapers while riding on the Tube. I was pleasantly surprised to find an article on conservation on page 3! Apparently…
Charles Dickens clearly loved a bit of art and craft in his spare time. The discover of a room dividng screen decoratedd by the great man, using 800 illustrations, was beyond the expectations of historians – who are now cleaning it with gel and saliva.
Read the October 25, 2011 by Hayden Smith in its entirety on the Metro website
![160 years of varnish and dirt is lifted off by hand and... human saliva](http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/24/article-1319488761658-0E818A1300000578-744277_466x343.jpg)
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