The print in question is an 11x14 color commercially printed favorite of mine - taken with P645 one early foggy morning in 1999…
So we had a flood. The garage had water up to 26.5 inches. It would have taken 27.5 inches for the water from the river to begin flowing on into the house, so that was the good news. But among other items not removed from the garage before the water rose was a trunk containing many posters, photo prints, commercial prints (e.g. my collection of Byte Magazine cover artwork). Now that I have cleaned, repaired, or discarded everything else from the garage, it is time to start salvaging the artwork. Some of the prints have been easy. Soak, wash gently, rinse, squeegee, and place in a blotter book. Seems to be working. But THE print in question is about 80% stuck to the glass from the frame. Yes it was matted, but either the mat was too flimsy or it softened too much due to the soaking it received in the flood. So the print is stuck to the glass. I have the glass + print soaking in a large trey. I think/hope eventually the print will float off. So here (at last) is the question: how long can I leave a photographic print to soak? Is there some point at which the emulsion will begin to decompose? I would rather let it be for a few hours rather than trying to peel it off the glass, but I don’t know how long I can wait before I cause more damage. I may or may not be able to find the negative from which I printed, and I would kinda like to salvage and retain the original print… Thanks for any suggestions! stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
