How Do You Remove Srapbook Items?

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

Anyone know how I would go about removing this Comiskey Scrapps? Should I remove it?

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Posted By: jay behrens

How come the sleeve of his shirt is red. I've never seen him holding flowers either

Usually, just soaking it in luke warm water is good enough. Just make sure that you blot it real good so that it doesn't curl or warp.

Jay

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

Should I use distilled water? Or is tap water okay?

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Posted By: jay behrens

I always ued tap water, but it wouldn't hurt to err on the side of caution and use distilled water. I no lnger have any cards I soaked, so I don't have anything to refreence what they might look like 20 years after the fact.

Jay

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Posted By: Adam J. Moraine

Judging from the pic, couldn't you cut around it with scissors/utility knife /box cutter? (just asking)

Best Regards,

Adam J. Moraine

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Posted By: warshawlaw

Cut around the image fairly closely because it will lessen the amount of time the image is wet

ALWAYS use distilled water. Depending on the mineral content of your water and your pipes, tap water can stain.

If the glue is water-based, the image should separate from the page pretty easily.

Do NOT rub the item. After it is thoroughly wet, gently try to separate it. Do NOT force it.

Have a bunch of typing paper ready. When the card is separated, put it between a couple of sheets and press it. Repeat several times until the card is damp. Then put a couple of sheets on each side of it and put it in a heavy book. I like to use about 6 or 7 books in a stack. Change the paper every couple of hours, then once it is damp, at least once a day. Don't rush to put a soggy card into a holder. Let it dry thoroughly first.

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

Thanks for the tips. I may have to get my courage up a bit before I try this. Maybe I'll cut one of the other scrap items out of the page and practice with that.

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Posted By: Julie

but the card looks pretty solid, so I'd risk soaking. I once soaked a Scrapps off a scrapbook page, and though it looked perfect on the page, it floated off in two pieces. One piece sort of tucked inside the second piece so that it was virtually seemless. You might want to examine Commy with a magnifying glass until you're satisfied he's whole.

My own Scrapps Comiskey has a perfect front, but came with an eighth inch of gunk on the back. I was advised to keep wetting the back with a q-tip swab, and then scratch away at the wet back with a toothpick. It worked. When I got down to card, it wouldn't scratch off anymore. For about a year afterward, the back was dark, as if glue-stained, but now it's faded nice and light again:

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Posted By: tbob

Has anyone ever tried soaking paper off the backs of Zeenuts?

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Posted By: jay wolt

DAN - I would recommend that you practice on the other 3 items on the page and see how it goes before you work on Commy...jay

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Posted By: dan mckee

soak it in cool tap water. If you are not comfortable, I can do it for you. dan.

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

with the dark spot on the Commiskey, it may have been adhered with a horse type glue (so I've been told) and harder to soak off. Usually, when I've been successful soaking things off its been because it was adhered with a flour or water based type of glue. Not entirely sure about that but someone told me that once...............(not to scare you away).....

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Posted By: Mark

Would the same advice apply to soaking 1972 Puerto Rican League stickers?

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Posted By: dan mckee

no, it mainly works on pre 1930s glues that are water based as Tom stated.