Post #632875 by uncle trav on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 1:17 PM

Personally I would leave them as they are. The patina of years of hanging in a restaurant is something many of us on TC try to replicate in our home bars and art projects. Kind of like a proudly worn purple heart for wounds received in battle , the scars tell a story. If they have a bad odor you could try closing them up inside of a large trash bag with a handful of dryer sheets for a week. Good luck.