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Re: ugh..display on windows falling down-need help!

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From: Sid Miller (sidmill_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Tue Jan 13 2004 - 12:19:43 PST


Hi Susan, We had the same problem--some of the cleaning supplies put a
coating on the glass. Get some ammonia and wash off the windows, then
repaint. It will usually get through all the old layers. Sid ps if
the paint is beading up add a bit of dishwashing detergent to each
color.

ARTNSOUL12@aol.com wrote:

> Hi, all, After spending hours and hours putting up art on the windows
> of the office in our school, everything is falling off. The floor to
> ceiling windows separate the office from the lobby, so they are inside
> windows, however, the lobby is still quite cold (especially with NY's
> below zero temperatures lately), so maybe that has something to do
> with it. I have used lots of hot glue, masking tape and/or packing
> tape that I roll up in back of the art. NOTHING has worked, and after
> a few days everything falls off the windows. Does anyone have another
> suggestion to keep the 2-d work up on those darn windows?
> Thanks.....Susan on Long Island---
> leave-artsednet-20359V@lists.getty.edu

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