Hi all,

 

Recently purchased a grouping of a WWII soldier direct from the family and I am in the process of restoring the gentleman’s Ike jacket. The family removed all of the insignia from the uniform and glued or taped it in a shadowbox. While the patches were quite easy to get most of the glue off (and you can’t see the little remains of the residue once sewn back on), I don’t quite know what to do with the Fouraguerre. See below. Any advice is appreciated as I would like to get as most of the dried residue off as possible to restore it to the uniform.

Light steam and daub. Try not to saturate. Test small section to see if does any damage. Have never done it, but should work. Good luck.

Love to see the Ike once you have it restored or the progress you're making in restoring it. 

9 hours ago, 72psb said:

Light steam and daub. Try not to saturate. Test small section to see if does any damage. Have never done it, but should work. Good luck.

So solely water, nothing else?

Yes,only water.

I would use a tweezer to remove as much of the dry fragments as possible, then use a q-tip (water wetted tip, the water can be hot or cold as needed) and apply the tip to sections where the glue is adhering in the weave.  It may take a while but the more detail and time you put in the better the results. 

11 hours ago, 72psb said:

Light steam and daub. Try not to saturate. Test small section to see if does any damage. Have never done it, but should work. Good luck.

Yup... it'll be laborious, but the end will be worth the method.

It totally depends on the type of glue they used. Some types will flake of quite easily, others will be almost impossible to remove completely without damaging the lanyard. I always try this first; get some duct tape and apply it over the glue taking care to really burnish it down in the the crevices. Pull the tape off and repeat. Sometimes the glue residue bonds to the tape and will pull right off...