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Posted By: Hal Lewis

David (hankron):

What can you tell us about "restoration" of old photographs that would be DIFFERENT than deacidifying an old piece of cardboard???

My understanding is that the photograph would have to be REMOVED from the backing before the cardboard is immersed in the deacidifying solution.

And what can you tell us about my earlier post (about 50 posts ago) that mentions RE-DEVELOPMENT of the photograph after being immersed in some sort of solutions (perhaps bleached with something like a copper chloride solution or a potassium permanganate solution)??

You are the PHOTO expert, so help us out!!



By the way ... if the work that was done on this cabinet went so far as to REMOVE the photo from the backing ... then I will say two things:

1) This conservator is very good at what they do, and I would trust them with any rare pieces that I wished to have restored. BUT...

2) This DEFINITELY goes beyond the realm of "cleaning" a card and should be disclosed to the hobby World.