I have a mid-20th century poster/family tree that has been filled in over generations. There are 30+ kinds of ink used on both sides of the paper all over the color spectrum, as well as old masking tape, cellophane tape, and white-out. My client wants to save the poster, and while I am also providing her a digital copy of it, I need to process this document completely. I do not have the capability to do non-aqueous processing at this time, though I am open to forming a partnership with a mid-Atlantic organization that may be mutually beneficial.
Multiple inks have tested to be water soluble. I’ve found the publications on treating these with cationic and anionic solvents, but cannot find a Rewin or Mesitol distributor here in the U.S. I have contacted Neschen to inquire about the stabilizing solution (which is supposed to be a solution with both Mesitol and Rewin) they use during the Bückeberg process, but have not had a response. I have also reached out to other individual conservators for advice, to no avail. I understand that there is likely a community-wide resistance to going to such lengths for a single poster, and that financially it is most sensible to just image the item and allow it to degrade, but as it is a precious family heirloom, I have agreed to go to whatever lengths necessary to preserve it. Please, let me know what you use to stabilize water-soluble inks, or other approaches you would use that I may not have considered. Thanks for your help, Kristi Moore Moore Archives & Preservation 703.380.7395 -- *Kristi Moore* Moore Archives & Preservation LLC [email protected] (703) 380-7395 ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
