she uses clear polyurethane, same as for furniture. I kid you not... <snip> Historians and conservationists - weep <g>
A Czech lacemaker who had immigrated to Canada and was showing her stuff at our (now-defunct) Craft Museum used any old hard plastic (like empty Tic-Tac boxes) which she ***melted in acetone*** ... apparently in Czechoslovakia it was a lot easier for her to get hold of acetone and hard plastic than anything we might use.
So her procedure was something like this - put the hard plastic in the acetone, wait til it disintegrated, then dip in your lace and put your lace into position - the acetone would dissipate, leaving your dry lace infused with hard plastic.
No word about how long it would last.
Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada)
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