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- Before
restoration
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- W J
REEVES & Son Trade Label c.1818-1829
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photo before cleaning & restoration
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- Restoration
is often necessary to lower acid and preserve the paper.
- Procedure:
- Cleaned
lightly with a brush,
- Gently
removed any dust or marks with a soft gum eraser- pellets.
- Rinsed
in distilled water
- Cleaned
with weak soloution Sodium Borohydride repeatedly and rinsed
in distilled water.
- Final
soaking in distilled water.
- Blotted
and flattened with weights..
- Misted
with a standard acid neutralizing solution and left to dry.-
Stronger application on the back side.
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noticed that paper restoration after cleaning in this procedure
was stronger and far less brittle.
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photo after restoration
- note
cleaning was kept minimal as possible some toning was left in
the paper
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- Similarity
restored paper- after pictures:
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that the restoration on these was kept minimal
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there is still toning and marks
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- These sheets are
believed to be Fabriano chain laid papers c 1560 with watermarks
- All are from a
group of blank paper salesman samples in a bifoloio.
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Photos copyright 2010 R.M. Bodoh
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