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Originally Posted by Snowman
Complete and utter nonsense. Do you even know how paper gets made you dumb f*?
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I do, grew up in a paper town, have been in operating paper plants, and have another hobby where studying the paper something was printed on can make a huge difference in value.
The posted article was behind a paywall, requiring either a login from an institution, or paying 39.95 for it.
The introduction, which I could read was good.
Not all of the cardstock we deal with in prewar is cellulose, T206s have very little wood fiber.
Most papers used also have stuff to help the fibers adhere to each other outside of the bonds from that article. And coatings to make the printing better or easier.
All that can be affected by water, although the effect may not be a huge immediate problem. Long term, I'm less certain. Conservators of posters and other things do wet them to help them unfold and lay flat without damage. It's entirely possible they're trading very likely immediate damage for potential lower level damage in the future.