Soaking a card?

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Posted By: Peter_Spaeth

I guess where I would part company with John is over the definition of alteration. Maybe it's just semantics, but I can see where removing extra material without degrading the surface could be considered something short of alteration. What, if fact, is "altered" in such a case? One can always posit absurd examples, but surely not even the most ardent anti restorationist would argue with blowing dust off a card before putting it into a holder. Now suppose it was something that you couldn't blow off but had to flick off with a fingernail. Alteration? To me paper removal with water is more on that spectrum than on the crease removal/spooning/trimming spectrum.