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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>Sandblasting usually, we’ve just done this to Heptonstall bells. It gives a matt finish rather than the slightly shiny one that bead blasting gives. Don’t do shot blasting though. You get lots of little bits of shot embedded in the bell surface and the first time it rains, the bells rust!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>Steam cleaning is an interesting idea though, should be better than jet washing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>Andrew Higson</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>John Taylor & Co.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>@lborobells</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>DISCLAIMER</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>This message contains information, which may be privileged, confidential and subject to legal privilege.  If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, facsimile or telephone, and delete the original message. John Taylor & Co has taken every reasonable precaution to ensure that any attachment to this e-mail has been swept for viruses. However, we cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of viruses, and would advise that you carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>If you have received this communication in error please notify us immediately by telephone on +44 (0)1509 212241 and delete the email.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>John Taylor Bell Foundry (Loughborough) Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 7032766. <br>Registered Office: The Bellfoundry, Freehold Street, Loughborough. LE11 1AR</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John H Allen<br><b>Sent:</b> 25 October 2012 07:42<br><b>To:</b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] Removal of guano from bells<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>  <o:p></o:p></p><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"HelveticaNeueLT Std","serif";color:black'>How do the Foundries cope with this – steam cleaning?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Helv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