Not sure. If it was mine I'd either try to sell I then for a ridiculous amount on eBay, or linenback it or just let it sit. Not really sure how valuable or sought after it is.
My friend had it handed to him for free neither knowing it could be more than a $75 poster. I might make him an offer....
Actually....it was my first attempt -successful in some sense at, paperbacking?, in 2013. It was, obviously newspaper, and Bristol paper, using Chinese food grade wheat starch.
I will say it still holds up today, and I cooked the wheat starch-no cal Carb added- back then as I do today with an hour soak and about 20 min total cook time, and it turned out fairly well.
Actually....it was my first attempt -successful in some sense at, paperbacking?, in 2013. It was, obviously newspaper, and Bristol paper, using Chinese food grade wheat starch.
I will say it still holds up today, and I cooked the wheat starch-no cal Carb added- back then as I do today with an hour soak and about 20 min total cook time, and it turned out fairly well.
Well I finally got around to backing a poster. This morning's price was Make Haste To Live-1954-Australian Daybill. It was a practice of heavy bleaching to remove toning & aggressive washing to rid what appeared to be some water stains. Before- Front•
Backside•
Lots to clean up & address during the wash stage....I was worried about paper loss as the paper was brittle/cracking/falling apart....
The wash process went well. The poster deacidified & bleached very well, especially in the borders where the staining/toning was most evident. A lot of yellow acid was left behind in the first deacid soaking. I did lose a few pieces in the bottom title area, but they were saved and put back in place after the poster was laid down on the Masa.
Overall the wash process was a complete success! The poster held together during the hour + process and it was now ready for some wheat paste & Masa.
I'm trying to be more disciplined when it comes to laying down the poster. I now lay down the Masa the day before and I've taken the advice of @Dario and let the poster dry 80% before placing a thin application of wheat glue on the backside, use a cloth to smooth the poster out after placing it on the Masa (no brayer!). The poster lays down much better! No extra glue or water afterwards.
Poster drying. Really looking forward to restoration stage and filling in the title area!
After its more dry later today/tomorrow I'll post better pics.
Mind you personal, but be a bit careful not to bleach to much and loose some of the vintage paper patina. A little natural tone for age and not stark White!
Yes-my wife has also said, leave some of its natural "aged" look. Will consider that in the future; Ive looked quite a bit on your site and your results, and notice your approach on this particular subject.
*For this Daybill it was also practice for another Daybill that has "mold" spots all over the poster so I wanted to see what an aggressive bleaching would produce. Will post that project of course when it's wash ready....
Thanks all! Poster has dried. Resto begins this week; burnishing of fold lines first, then minor pencil infill in small paper breaks. Paper infill in larger missing paper areas & MC infill in smaller areas. Ready for resto stage....
Burnishing complete on fold lines/tears. Today I placed six pieces of paper in areas big & small that were missing. Some turned out better than others. MC will be used to fill in very small cracks. Pencils/paints next to fill in missing colors.
Poster I was fortunate to work on yesterday. Ves entrusted me to work in a Daybill or two and this one posed a particular challenge to me as I've never worked on something so covered with mold? stains? foxing? ....Ive cleaned up water stains and stains of other sorts but not mold and certainly not to this degree....
Ves gave me the latitude to "go down swinging" to remove the offending blemishes....
I used an eraser to gently remove some of the dirt in the front and on the back.
The orvus removed minimal amounts of surface dirt; the 25 min deacidification soak removed a moderate amount of acid from the paper, but most of the stains remained. Fortunately the bleaching step was next; I almost emptied my spray bottle and let it soak for a good 5 or so mins....the stains fortunately began to disappear. Much to my relief.... -Bleaching process working
Now i did saturate right below the "E" in PAIGE, but it didn't budge.... *poster has dried for several hours-
Very pleased with the result and glad it can be sent back to its owner looking presentable! It was a new experience for me to work on a poster with such heavy stains. Thanks! After it has dried for 24 hours.
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My friend had it handed to him for free neither knowing it could be more than a $75 poster. I might make him an offer....
This is not technically a quiz....
I will say it still holds up today, and I cooked the wheat starch-no cal Carb added- back then as I do today with an hour soak and about 20 min total cook time, and it turned out fairly well.
Before-
Front•
Backside•
Lots to clean up & address during the wash stage....I was worried about paper loss as the paper was brittle/cracking/falling apart....
Overall the wash process was a complete success! The poster held together during the hour + process and it was now ready for some wheat paste & Masa.
Poster drying.
After its more dry later today/tomorrow I'll post better pics.
Mind you personal, but be a bit careful not to bleach to much and loose some of the vintage paper patina. A little natural tone for age and not stark White!
Best,
dario.
Yes-my wife has also said, leave some of its natural "aged" look. Will consider that in the future; Ive looked quite a bit on your site and your results, and notice your approach on this particular subject.
*For this Daybill it was also practice for another Daybill that has "mold" spots all over the poster so I wanted to see what an aggressive bleaching would produce. Will post that project of course when it's wash ready....
Happy Wife/ Happy life.
Ready for resto stage....
Ves gave me the latitude to "go down swinging" to remove the offending blemishes....
Frontside-before
Backside-before
The orvus removed minimal amounts of surface dirt; the 25 min deacidification soak removed a moderate amount of acid from the paper, but most of the stains remained. Fortunately the bleaching step was next; I almost emptied my spray bottle and let it soak for a good 5 or so mins....the stains fortunately began to disappear. Much to my relief....
-Bleaching process working
Now i did saturate right below the "E" in PAIGE, but it didn't budge....
*poster has dried for several hours-
After it has dried for 24 hours.