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What is a safe way to clean soot from ceramic?

We recently lost my aunt in a house fire and today we found some of her ceramic knick knacks in the debris that are still all in one piece, but are pretty covered in soot from the fire. Does anyone know how we can safely remove the soot from the collectibles without harming them? These are very sentimental to us and we don't want to risk losing something that we could possibly save.

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1. If it really is just soot, and not charring or actually scorching, then you should be able to just put them in warm soapy water just like you do when you do any washing up. A soft gentle brushing, even a toothbrush to get in crevices would be good too.