preservation of tintypes

Risa S. Horowitz (babbleon@terraport.net)
Fri, 29 Mar 1996 22:36:48 -0500

I'm not certain that alt-photo-process is the appropriate venue for
my following question.
I have a customer at the store who has noticed that a tintype which he has
had for 5 years has begun to show obvious signs of oxidization. Can anyone
provide me with some basic storage information for original tintypes to
forward to this gentleman, and of any other techniques one may use to
prevent further deteriorization?

hehe and hopefully I won't begin a discussion of the potential
hazards of yet another chemical process :) Material Safety Data Sheets are
readily available to the inquiring mind, after all!

Thank you

Risa S. Horowitz