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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. 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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:"HelveticaNeueLT Std","serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"HelveticaNeueLT Std","serif";color:black'>John</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"HelveticaNeueLT Std","serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>-</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"HelveticaNeueLT Std","serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>