A reintroduction and a question about cards glued to scrapbook pages

[JollyElm]

I don't have much to offer on the subject, but I know the first thing to determine is whether or not the glue is water soluble. That's what always comes up in these situations. IIRC, very old glue may have the characteristics making it easier to remove, while 'newer' glues are simply a no-go.

Good luck!!

[wnp22]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I don't have much to offer on the subject, but I know the first thing to determine is whether or not the glue is water soluble. That's what always comes up in these situations. IIRC, very old glue may have the characteristics making it easier to remove, while 'newer' glues are simply a no-go.

Good luck!!

Thanks! Tested out a few commons tonight using varying amounts of water and a credit card to gently ease the paper off the back. Worked decently well with only minimal paper loss. Would still like to perfect it more before having a go at the big boys.

Thinking of trying a heat gun/hair dryer to sort of melt the glue and hopefully be able to get a credit card or something in between the scrapbook page and the back of the card with even less paper loss. Have any of y’all tried something like that?

[Bigdaddy]

I've used an iron (with a dish towel between) to take the mailing labels off of Sports Illustrated magazines. Don't know if that would work with the cards and albums, but I'd give it a try.

[oldeboo]

No experience here, so don't take any of my advice or listen to me.

It sounds like you're having some success which is good. I know I've read on here before that people will often soak overnight or maybe even a few days. Sure you will want to monitor them often though. I would probably lean more towards that than trying to pry anything as that sounds problematic. I wonder if it's an option and you have enough space to cut or tear the pages and just soak the card with page segment.

Either way, keep us posted and let's see them! I'm sure someone with lots of experience will chime in with sound advice.

[wnp22]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

I've used an iron (with a dish towel between) to take the mailing labels off of Sports Illustrated magazines. Don't know if that would work with the cards and albums, but I'd give it a try.

Originally Posted by oldeboo

No experience here, so don't take any of my advice or listen to me.

It sounds like you're having some success which is good. I know I've read on here before that people will often soak overnight or maybe even a few days. Sure you will want to monitor them often though. I would probably lean more towards that than trying to pry anything as that sounds problematic. I wonder if it's an option and you have enough space to cut or tear the pages and just soak the card with page segment.

Either way, keep us posted and let's see them! I'm sure someone with lots of experience will chime in with sound advice.

An iron sounds like it could be interesting! I'd figure it would work the same end goal as your situation, which is loosening the adhesive.

And I've got them all cut into individual pieces. It was basically just 4 loose album/scrapbook pages, with 12 cards glued on to each one. I'll take one of the commons and give it a soak while I sleep tonight and see how that comes out.

Thanks for the ideas both of y'all! And pictures coming tomorrow for sure

[swarmee]

1) It's not just the glue that matters, but the cardstock.
2) Don't need to soak it overnight, that seems like way overkill.
3) You should only be using distilled water since tap water has stuff like fluoride in it that could alter the cards.
4) You'll need to have printer paper and telephone books around once the cards are soaked off in order to dry the cards properly.

[puckpaul]

I recently removed a loosely glued 53 parkhurst card from an album. I used a hair dryer to heat up the card and it came loose with only modest paper loss on the back.

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