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To: HiTech RedNeck
An oiled braid... wouldn’t that create a grease spot if this were an actual area of contact?

Yes... the mostly undone queue that runs down the back of the neck and onto the shoulders of the image on the Man on the Shroud is slightly blurred compared to other image areas and hair images, probably because of the oils exuding from the queue onto the cloth. Any oil that was there has long since evaporated.

52 posted on 10/05/2009 11:01:46 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Swordmaker

Thinking of what type of oil would be involved.

If a hydrocarbon oil, that would indeed literally evaporate after so much time. The rate is slow after the carbon count goes over a couple dozen, but it’s not as though this happened yesterday.

If something like olive oil or seed oils, perhaps biodegradation by microbes eventually took care of it.


54 posted on 10/05/2009 11:06:31 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
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