Oops, I did it again ( cleaning surprise)

[GRC]

There's far too much bitterness, and a tendency towards bullying on this forum... it's a sad state of affairs.

 

All the points made could have been done without the heavy handedness and it would have been far more effective.

Whatever experience any of you have with whatever subject, there are far better teaching strategies than the ones being employed in this thread.

 

Simple summary:

The fundamental core principle is that no one should remove a patina from Japanese metalwork (or any decorative metalwork for that matter) unless they are already knowledgeable and practiced at reapplying it correctly.

 

So yes, it's "too late now" in this case, by why be so aggressive and demeaning about it?

This tact is not going to stop some other inexperienced person from doing the same thing in the future, and all it does is create ill feelings for Vitaly (and others I'm sure), and a lack of desire to post anything else on this forum.

 

This whole field will die off if new people continue to be treated like this.

We'll just be left with a bunch of old guys and a lot of ineffectual strutting about... 

All I'm suggesting, and I think Dale @Spartancrest is too, is that we can and should do better than this.

[Alex A]

I'm confused, read all of this twice and don't see any bullying.

 

Just concerned folks hoping that folks that don't know what they are doing would just stop.

 

Before anything else gets ruined.

 

Forums about preservation, not DIY.