I thought it was headed for the trash when I thought to add a little moisture and some weight to the problem for about 3 days...it emerged slightly better. Stains & scuffs did not come out completely-I think they are oil based-but it did clean up a bit, and is now frameable...
Definitely a learning experience! I'm sure one of these days I'll look back and think, what was I doing?!
Thanks guys. It didn't turn out as planned, but forced me to learn more about the process. More supplies on order to make another attempt soon!...glad I took my wife's suggestion and tried it on a low priced card! #:-S
Hahahaha! It took me about 30 seconds to figure that one out! ....no, not at all! I have a OS of Fathers/Dividend because of her beauty! She's fighting with Audrey for the top spot of leading ladies!
Thanks David. I really like lobbies as they are easy to self-frame & look nice in small wall spaces. It certainly helped me to better prepare for my next attempt!
Is there a special sort of paper that should be used for paper backing?
Well as far as I understand the process-and Charlie please correct me if I'm wrong-standard weight Masa can be used or a thicker weight to give added support to the card after it has dried. I will also now experiment with "Museum Board" to give more support. I also didn't have means to have the card/Masa adhered to my table...enter Hollytex. Which will keep all the papers "glued" to my board/table top so they can dry "flat."
Great to see when things don't go according to plan too and how you manage to fix them. That LC looks fab. Well done Mark! =D>
Thanks Rosa. I've just started to experiment with water color pencils and wow! Thank goodness for the moist cotton ball. That's been a learning process in itself!
Well, this weekends backing practice. I chose the sought after Danish, Bridge at Remagen. I forgot to take before picts, but as you'll see it was in fairly good shape prior to backing. The Danish paper seemed a bit thinner than my other one sheets from the same time period.
Wet work went well as I've cut the time the poster is wet down considerably. The masa went down really well as I think I have a good handle on long to leave it wet, to let it relax so it will lay down nicely w/o any lines/creases.
Thanks. Yeah, definitely so. I used to labor over the steps; it feels more comfortable now. Then laying the masa, applying the wheat paste, laying the poster down & rolling it out is getting much easier. I've stared to practice with some pencil restoration...getting used to how the pencil will or won't blend with the color, wiping it clean if need be. Lots to learn!
@ David: Thanks for the video, have been experimenting with my pencils and much harder than I thought to lay down the colors; getting them to match, burnishing the fold lines and not having it "stand out." Another process...
Nice job Mark I see you also avoided the white streaks problem you had for the Jimmy half sheet? What caused that ?
Thanks. Yeah, no white streaks. Charlie thought it might have been some loose ink that never "set" on the poster. I'm not sure, but it was either that, or my bleaching process was too long. I've since adjusted that and haven't had any problems like that on the last two I've backed. Although that Northside poster was unique in color and printing...So many variable to consider for every size, paper thickness, country of origin, decade, printer...the learning curve is immense! But fun as well...
Finally cut off the canvas. A little touch up of the vertical fold line & a few letters with pencils. For my first try...won't look too bad framed & on the wall.
Thanks guys. I've got another OS scheduled for this weekend. I'm trying get one down and not have the issue I had with the Northside 777 were the ink seemed to run/fade?? I picked one with similar dark colors over a lot of area on the poster and within a year or two of 1955. We'll see what the results will be after I've made some adjustments to the wet work steps.
------------I've come to realize that if i'm to back some of my higher value items, I need to know how the paper will react, what wash steps are adjusted for each paper that has different toning, foxing, tears, etc. and for OS's, HS, LC's, etc...
Hahahaha...that is one poster in bad shape... #-o ...I'll likely sacrifice it for paper fills...
----but you bring up a good point David...the next one sheet i'm going to back was distributed by MGM in 1953, and included Agnes Moorhead in the cast...Can you guess which movie it is???
) Ok...it's the MGM classic starring Greer Pidgeon and Walter Garson...or is it Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson?...anyway, my next one sheet is going to be Scandal at Scourie! I will post a picture later as I'm in my bunker now and haven't photo'd it yet.
Cross folds touched up with pencil. Was certainly a learning experience. Not perfect nor close to what I want to achieve but ok with it for my 2nd resto work & just for my own collection.
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Well as far as I understand the process-and Charlie please correct me if I'm wrong-standard weight Masa can be used or a thicker weight to give added support to the card after it has dried. I will also now experiment with "Museum Board" to give more support. I also didn't have means to have the card/Masa adhered to my table...enter Hollytex. Which will keep all the papers "glued" to my board/table top so they can dry "flat."
Thanks Rosa. I've just started to experiment with water color pencils and wow! Thank goodness for the moist cotton ball. That's been a learning process in itself!
@ David: Thanks for the video, have been experimenting with my pencils and much harder than I thought to lay down the colors; getting them to match, burnishing the fold lines and not having it "stand out." Another process...
Thanks. Yeah, no white streaks. Charlie thought it might have been some loose ink that never "set" on the poster. I'm not sure, but it was either that, or my bleaching process was too long. I've since adjusted that and haven't had any problems like that on the last two I've backed. Although that Northside poster was unique in color and printing...So many variable to consider for every size, paper thickness, country of origin, decade, printer...the learning curve is immense! But fun as well...Thanks guys. I've got another OS scheduled for this weekend. I'm trying get one down and not have the issue I had with the Northside 777 were the ink seemed to run/fade?? I picked one with similar dark colors over a lot of area on the poster and within a year or two of 1955. We'll see what the results will be after I've made some adjustments to the wet work steps.
------------I've come to realize that if i'm to back some of my higher value items, I need to know how the paper will react, what wash steps are adjusted for each paper that has different toning, foxing, tears, etc. and for OS's, HS, LC's, etc...
Hahahaha...that is one poster in bad shape... #-o ...I'll likely sacrifice it for paper fills...
----but you bring up a good point David...the next one sheet i'm going to back was distributed by MGM in 1953, and included Agnes Moorhead in the cast...Can you guess which movie it is???
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