Hi Larry, I get my stuff from Light Impressions http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com There are others, too, Print File is another I have used. http://www.pfile.com/ Both of these companies have excellent sources for acid-free, preservation materials. Good Luck on your project! JB :-) --------------------- >This has been an incredibly helpful thread, and now I'm going to try the >same procedure that JB did. > >I apologize for asking this FAQ-type question, but where can one obtain >all this "acid-free" stuff and mylar sleeves, etc? Will most camera >shops have these things, or can someone suggest a good source? > >Thanks, >Larry McQueary > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: JB Wilson [mailto:designs@hevanet.com] >> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:13 AM >> To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Re: Old Photos - Curled >> >> Hello list, >> I wanted to share my final result with you after many of you gave me >ideas >> on how to uncurl two of my old photos. >> >> First I filled a 2 qt. saucepan about 1/3 full of water, placed a wire >> rack >> on top of a small jar which I placed in the middle of the pan. I put a >> layer of acid-free paper over the rack, placed the photos on the >acid- >> free >> paper, photo side up, and put the lid on the pan. By morning the >larger >> one >> had uncurled about 90%. The next day I took the photo out and used >another >> piece of acid-free paper as a blotter and soaked up the extra moisture >> from >> the photo. That took 4-5 blots. I taped the tear with my acid-free >repair >> tape, and placed the photo in a mylar photo sleeve and placed the >sleeve >> under a light-weight paperback book for about 24 hours. The photo >seems to >> be fine, has retained its flatness after I took it out from under the >> book. >> The same was done with the other smaller photo. Both seem to be doing >> fine. >> >> Thanks for all your suggestions. What a wonderful list!! JB Wilson >> >> ---------------------- >> >> >At a seminar on conservation, I once heard that old curled/rolled >photos >> >could be put into a homemade humidity chamber. Take a 5 gal plastic >pail >> >and put water an inch or so in the bottom. Place a grill or grate >above >> >the water line and then stand the photo the pail and put the on. >Check >> >every few days, it might take a few weeks or maybe even 2 months but >we >> >were told they would unroll. >> > >> >One of the articles below explains that the paper and emulsion expand >> >and contract at different rates-thus the curling. >> > >> >Interesting article under 'museums & galleries commission' then >> >'photographic materials' >> >http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/genpub/ >> > >> >The NARA site says never to force a rolled photo to unroll, as once >the >> >emulsion cracks it will always be cracked. >> >http://www.nara.gov/arch/faqs/aboutph.html >> > >> >The Minnesota Historical Society PDF on photographic materials >> >http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/genpub/ >> > >> >http://aic.stanford.edu/treasure/photos.html >> > >> >JB Wilson wrote: >> > >> >> Hi again, >> >> They are curled in. Any suggestions for how to obtain/maintain a >30% >> >>humidity? >> >> >> >> I really appreciate the list and all the suggestions! Thank you >all! >> >> JB Wilson :-) >> >> >> > >> > >> >==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== >> >We have over 223 members of the Vintage-Photos Mailing List. Posting >back >> >to the list helps the whole group, not just one person. 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