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04-13-2017, 03:08 PM
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Water damage help asap
Just got a significant baseball cardboard advertising piece that was rained on and the water soaked through the usps box before I got home. Regular postal lady always stands packages up close to the door or behind a chair. This was just placed flat in front of door and subsequently took a hit of rain. Bottom 3-4 inches of the piece itself soaked up some water with discoloration already setting in. This is a piece I'm absolutely sending in for restoration so do I just let them deal with the water issue then or is there anything I can do right now to lessen the damage. It's currently still wet!
Last edited by ruth-gehrig; 04-13-2017 at 05:17 PM. 
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04-13-2017, 05:57 PM
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That's a shame .. I would put white napkins or paper towel on both sides and put some weight on it- absorb as much as you can
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#3
04-13-2017, 06:06 PM
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Try
Putting the piece in dry uncooked rice, it acts as a desiccant
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04-13-2017, 07:03 PM
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Thanks guys! Pretty sure the damage has occurred at this point. The surface is no longer damp to the touch although the back of it is slightly. The worst of it I believe is a white area that darkened where the water crept up the sign. A good part of the stain is concealed in a multicolored area. I will post pictures before and after restoration of the piece. I say restoration because each corner of this sign was cleanly cut off and needs some help there. Super rich colors as the sign was found behind a framed picture. Will also have restoration company address the recent water stain as well.
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#5
07-08-2017, 06:12 AM
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This piece is currently being restored by Tom at the Art of Restoration in Chicago. Its the first piece Ive ever had worked on and Im really looking forward to posting the results.
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07-27-2017, 07:05 PM
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Wow!! What an artist. It's fantastic to see that sign whole again. Were the cut corners still present and reattached, or did the artist recreate the corners? Amazing. Congrats!
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#8
07-27-2017, 07:18 PM
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Tom is an artist true and true. I sent him the piece as it was in the first photo. That is how the piece was found. The corners were long ago cut away and discarded. He did his magic and sent me the finished product!
 . Im amazed and tickled . Couldn't be happier
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