I am writing an article for Hand Papermaking Magazine (http://handpapermaking.org) on all aspects of water in the papermaking process. I would like to include a section including a few examples, if known, of long-term effects of impure water used in paper production to illustrate this point. It is easy to think of examples in theory such as chlorine, iron, rosin etc but what I am after are examples of actual papers where deterioration has been observed and the cause clearly identified. If you are able to help with this at all, please send me details, preferably by mid-August 2017. Whilst the article is not strictly about conservation, if you want to put in a brief note about how you treated the problem, please do so.
About 700 people subscribe to HPM, mostly people who make small production runs of paper, paper art etc. Like papermakers over the centuries, few are experts in water chemistry so there is a risk that their use of impure water may finish up as a problem on a conservator's workbench in years to come. By providing the information, I hope to help papermakers produce longer lasting paper without chemical or other problems. Simon Barcham Green ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
