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A Quick Look at the Morton’s Salt Girl

A Quick Look at the Morton’s Salt Girl

I love seeing how logos evolve over time, especially when they’re as iconic and illustrative as the Morton’s Umbrella Girl. On par with the bare-cheeked Coppertone girl (1953), this little lassie has been a favorite for Halloween costumes, tattoos, and craft projects for decades. She got her start in 1914, and proceeded to update her […]

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Removing Firescale/Patina from Copper

Knowing I’ve been working on sprucing up my backyard, our managing editor Shawn Connally kindly gave me her old copper fire pit. Sweet! She also shared with me some great cleaning knowledge she had gleaned from Michael DeJong’s awesome book Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing. Turns out that to remove rust patina or firescale […]

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