KL Smith
CGF II, Certified Grumble Framer Level 2
I'm in new territory here.
A customer just dropped off 6 needlepoints. Three framed, and three unframed. He has had a fire at his house and the insurance company wants a quote on dry cleaning these pieces. He claims the insurance company will not pay for new frames and liners, which probably were awful before the fire (he's a heavy smoker).
All these items just stink of fire smoke. At least I had the presence of mind to immediately put them all in garbage bags and tape them up before my whole shop smelled like we were having a real Fire Sale!
Any experience with this sort of thing? Will dry cleaning get the odor out? How would I clean the frames and liners to rid them of the smell?
Or?????
Thanks,
A customer just dropped off 6 needlepoints. Three framed, and three unframed. He has had a fire at his house and the insurance company wants a quote on dry cleaning these pieces. He claims the insurance company will not pay for new frames and liners, which probably were awful before the fire (he's a heavy smoker).
All these items just stink of fire smoke. At least I had the presence of mind to immediately put them all in garbage bags and tape them up before my whole shop smelled like we were having a real Fire Sale!
Any experience with this sort of thing? Will dry cleaning get the odor out? How would I clean the frames and liners to rid them of the smell?
Or?????
Thanks,