*We don't remove anything except old backings! Ones I owned a Dracula's
Daughter WC done this way, I sold it after a month, couldn't stand
looking at it.
End of the day each restoration studio implements their own techniques
and this is by no means a peak at Diane. We all do what we feel is right.
Best,
dario.
*
JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote:
/When working with window cards, we remove the back layer card stock,
this way the poster can be cleaned, washed and deacidified/
//
Hi Diane
Surely removing the "back layer card stock" is tantamount to changing
the entire character and authenticity of a window card. A window card
is *supposed* to be on thick card stock. Thats the way it is. It
doesnt seem right to me to be removing a layer of the poster. Perhaps
you could elaborate on the process you use.
Regards
John
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----- Original Message -----
*From:* Diane Jeffrey <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:15 AM
*Subject:* [MOPO] Profiles in History...question
Sue
When working with window cards, we remove the back layer card
stock, this way the poster can be cleaned, washed and
deacidified, which also results in removing any creasing/folds.
We back it then with a layer of acid free masa paper, same stuff
used in linenbacking. A lot of window cards have been trimmed at
the top, this then allows us to add the missing paper, making it
to size. Card stock is then adhered to the masa, repairs are
made, touched up, etc.
If you look at my first post about the Dracula, I mentioned the
fact that there was a layer of something on the back. To me, it
looked like the poster had been backed to card stock, cardboard or
"something" and when it was pulled off, a layer remained, giving
it a "fuzzy" (term I used on NSGE) feel. So we removed what we
could on that, washed and linenbacked it.
So to answer your question, you are absolutely right, it is
possible, and just might be what happened with the Dracula poster.
Diane
Studio C
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