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Switched from trowels to dental picks for cleaning pottery at the Gila site last month

I used to just brush off dirt with a soft brush and call it good, but after messing up a rim sherd from the Mimbres culture, I switched to dental picks. Now I spend 20 extra minutes per piece, but I've found tiny painted details I never noticed before. Has anyone else tried finer tools for fragile ceramics?
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logan_dixon18
I used to think brushes were good enough, but trying the picks on a Mimbres piece changed my mind quick.
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matthewgonzalez
Heard a guy at a dig say picks reveal stuff brushes just skip over.
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