The old courthouse windows in my town looked completely different after a single rainstorm

I drove past the historic courthouse in Springfield every day for a year and never really looked at the windows. After a heavy rain last Tuesday, the sun hit them just right and I could see the whole grid of the old, wavy glass panes perfectly. It made me realize how much dirt and grime had built up over time, completely hiding the original character of the glass. Has anyone else had a job where cleaning revealed a detail you didn't even know was there?

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amyc2218d agoMost Upvoted

Cleaned a layer of dust off an old library book return slot once and found a tiny, hand-painted "1912" date underneath. It was just a grimy brass plate before that.

jesse_barnes3717d ago

Read about a church that cleaned centuries of soot off their walls and found medieval paintings of stars.