I am so glad you want to save this art.  I think the so called graffiti is
just beautiful.  These folks are so talented I can't understand why the
rush to get rid of it?  I just don't understand the minds of city folk.
Ruth





At 9:32 PM -0500 2/13/04, Met History wrote:
Is there a better way to undo welded white metal than just using an iron
mallet?

There's an old washing machine thrown out on the sidewalk.  A local
Cornell-educated graffiti artist, DeLaVega, has done some of his trademark
drawing on the side - a fish outside a goldfish bowl with the legend
"Become your dream".

I want to salvage this side panel but it is attached to the other panels by
what I have always called "spot welding".   Is there a technique more
sophisticated than brute force to separate the panel?

Oh, yeah, and, thanks for the flood of info about iron spot brick.
Christopher

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