{"id":1177,"date":"2020-06-17T20:21:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T20:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.picreator.co.uk\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2020-10-29T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T19:59:10","slug":"national-firearms-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.picreator.co.uk\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"National Firearms Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1177\" class=\"elementor elementor-1177\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b27caa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b27caa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1bea17\" data-id=\"a1bea17\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16d9c7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"16d9c7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.picreator.co.uk\/?page_id=631\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to News<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e272fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e272fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12541b6\" data-id=\"12541b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c36175f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c36175f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1>National Firearms Museum<\/h1>\n<p>14th &nbsp;February 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.picreator.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Firearms-Museum-2017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1175 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picreator.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/National-Firearms-Museum-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Picreator&#8217;s Managing Director Michelle visited the National Firearms Museum in West Virginia, where she was given a tour by Doug Wickland, the Senior Conservator in charge of the museum&#8217;s extensive firearms collection. They use Renaissance Wax to protect both the metal and wooden parts of the guns and ammunition displayed in the museum.<\/p>\n<p>Dough Wickland has also published a care manual titled &#8216;Caring for your collectible firearms&#8217;, in which he recommends using Pre-Lim to clean and prepare the surface of the gun, followed by Renaissance Wax to protect it (see full care manual below). 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