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Hi,

I've managed to get some blood on a museum mount that I've cut. While I'm not averse to buying another board I was wondering if anyone has any tips on covering up the blood?!!?;

That's a hard one, normally fresh you can use your saliva to clean it up, dry it and use dry cleaners sponge/rubber to clean any marks left.

Not sure if it works as well when it's dry.

Thanks.....

I've tried a wet wipe and that wipped it off beautifully.

Will see how it dries, but it looks fine at this early stage.

That's good.

I have a box of plasters on my workbench, just in case.
I've got blood on mountboard a few times, but thankfully never on any artwork.

+ steri strips; they're a bit expensive but not as expensive as lost time. Insulating tape I find to be very good for taping up small cuts as it doesn't leak.

Marks on rag board can be sanded off with a very fine grade sandpaper, then burnish down the fluffed up area with an agate burnisher,
Practice on a scrap first to perfect the amount of pressure with the sandpaper and burnisher and to make sure the sandpaper doesn't leave a mark,, It's also possible to scrape the surface of mountboard with a sharp razor blade, the back of a teaspoon can also be used as a burnisher but again test on a scrap first to make sure it doesn't leave a mark. Obviously blood may have soaked in beyond the mountboard surface but I hope the above may be useful !.
Caro