Soaking - What exactly can be removed?

[Bocabirdman]

A couple months ago, I successfully soaked a huge piece of scrapbook off of the back of a C-46 Imperial Billy Nattress. When the cardboard broke loose, there was still a bit of residue remaining. I broke out a Q-Tip and spurred on by the early positive results, I got a tad over-zealous and created a rare "missing three letters" variation. It only took one mis-directed swipe.....Oops!!

[Texxxx]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

A couple months ago, I successfully soaked a hude piece of scrapbook off of the back of a C-46 Imperial Billy Nattress. When the cardboard broke loose, there was still a bit of residue remaining. I broke out a Q-Tip and spurred on by the early positive results, I got a tad over-zealous and created a rare "missing three letters" variation. It only took one mis-directed swipe.....Oops!!

I soaked off a bunch of T206 out of a scrap book last year. I started with the beaters first and did the same thing with a couple of them. I changed to a cotton ball instead of a Q-Tip and had a lot better results. The cotton ball was more forgiving than the Q-Tip. I'm not a surgeon though. I'm more of hammer and chisel person.

[lharri3600]

Results to follow

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by lharri3600

Results to follow

hey that will be great to see! Thanks so much for making that effort.

[Runscott]

T205: It's been 8-10 years since I soaked one of these, but I don't remember any adverse effects to the front, but...the backs were a different story. I found that I had to be much more careful than with T206's - for the more difficult cases, bits of writing would come off almost as easily as the undesired stuff.

[atx840]

Video I made the first time I attempted this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1QFe7T8zK8

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by atx840

Video I made the first time I attempted this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1QFe7T8zK8

Chris,

How long,from start to finish did it take for the paper residue to come off of the card in your video? Also, did you have additional glue to remove,when the paper peeled off? If so, how did you remove it?

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by Texxxx

I soaked off a bunch of T206 out of a scrap book last year. I started with the beaters first and did the same thing with a couple of them. I changed to a cotton ball instead of a Q-Tip and had a lot better results. The cotton ball was more forgiving than the Q-Tip. I'm not a surgeon though. I'm more of hammer and chisel person.

Another nice suggestion Bruce...

[lharri3600]

Here are 2 I soaked in water