[BCMA] solidifying water

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Hi,

Though we don't have "solid" tea in a cup in one of our displays we have found a very good solution for our tea cup with a spot of tea in it as if the lady had simply left the letter writing on the table and will be right back.

We use coffee, just a small amount to lightly colour the water to look like tea.  We tried actual tea once but it does get mouldy and sludgy after a few days so we always had to clean it out.  The coffee doesn't seem to "mould".

Now we also found that it evaporated quite quickly especially since the display was directly under one or our air vents.  We solved that problem by using a good squirt of DAWN into the tea/coffee.  It thickened the "tea" so as not to be so quick to spill out and we only have to add a little water to the cup once a month now.  

We did have one gentleman accidentally fall into the table one day and there was a bit of spillage, but because of the DAWN, there was no staining once the table cloth and chair fusion were cleaned.


at your service,

Lewis Bartholomew
Founder & Executive Director
The Alberni Project
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On 2015-06-17, at 1:38 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. wrote:

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> I curate the small Greek Heritage Project Museum in Victoria and am setting up a display about the Greek experience with coffee.
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> I would like to put a glass of water and a cup of Greek coffee on the beautiful brass tray in the collection but don't want any chance of spills. The display will not be in a case so danger lurks.
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> Can anyone suggest an inexpensive way to solidify liquids? cost is a factor
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> W:)
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> Wendy Smylitopoulos
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