Thinking of Soaking off Scrap paper from '55 Clementes

[NiceDocter]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

It may be raised, and then it'd not be paper loss.

But it also might have places that are paper loss under the added paper.

EG, I try to peel a 1955 Topps card off of a scrapbook page, when I'm done I see some card remnants on the page... Hmmmm... I cement that Topps card onto a scrapbook page and sell that to someone on eBay or somewhere. Point is, no telling about what's going on with the back we don't see.


I'm frustrated that all of what I tried to explain didn't survive my 20th century skill set in the 21st century thread editing process.... part of it vanished, maybe I hit an errant combination of keys.

Excellent point which we all need to remember...... its is always possible that you are NOT the first person to attempt to remove paper or glue..... you never know whats under there as far as a prior failed rescue mission! Good luck!!

[mrreality68]

Nice piece

Tough decision

Good luck either way

[ALBB]

Ive done it many times...lightly wet area ..let it set in...gently scrape with finger nail....when done..you will see glue residue left

[wpeters]

I would use an eye dropper with distilled water to wet only the scrapbook paper. Let it soak in for a few minutes and gently scrape it off with a razor blade. You may have to re-wet the scrapbook paper once you scrape off a layer and repeat the process until you have removed all the residue.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by wpeters

I would use an eye dropper with distilled water to wet only the scrapbook paper. Let it soak in for a few minutes and gently scrape it off with a razor blade. You may have to re-wet the scrapbook paper once you scrape off a layer and repeat the process until you have removed all the residue.

That sounds good but I use a Q tip to scrape off the residue. It has worked many times.
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[Kzoo]

50's cards soak well. Excess paper should release and float in 10 minutes or less IF the glue used was water based back when they were pasted into the scrapbook. I would not hesitate trying it, but you need to submerge the whole card in distilled water and then dry it at an even rate between paper towel, changing them out frequently early on when the card is the dampest. I've had great success with 53-57 Topps & Bowman cards in the past. If you're still hesitant, send them to an experienced Net54 member and we can give them a try. Hope this helps!