I've been using Restoration on the sails on my ship. I have been cleaning one at a time. Because they have paintings on them, I scan the sail in and make a photo copy, which are true to size. Then I soak the sail in Restoration with excellent results! I use a lightboard to pencil the image back on the sail and paint. The guy who made the ship had excellent woodworking skills...his painting skills were eh. So, I'm not having a problem replicating his paintings! LOL I did not like one of his paintings (lion with long tail?) and I changed it. After that, I found an image online of what it should look like. So, I made a new sail (it turned out pretty good!) and repainted.
My sails have wire going through them and I'm replacing a lot of it. I have copper that is a thinner gauge than what was used, so I am going to get some thicker wire. Is copper okay to use? What is on the ship is not brass, but when I clean it, it is not as dark as copper.
