RE: Cleaning Old Tintypes

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From: ken watson (watsok@frii.com)
Date: 05/23/01-09:07:43 AM Z

Tintypes "most of the time" had an alcohol soluble varnish. Maybe nothing at
all over them. So you could be trying to clean the "emulsion" right off.

..-----Original Message-----
..From: Richard Morris [mailto:Richard.Morris@brunel.ac.uk]
..Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 3:28 AM
..To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
..Cc: Alt-Photo-Process-L@Sask.Usask.Ca
..Subject: Re: Cleaning Old Tintypes
..
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..First lesson in cleaning any old photos - don't!
..If you must try than copy it first.!!!
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..On Wed, 23 May 2001 02:11:22 -0700 Wijaya Sukwanto <wixtron@pacbell.net>
..wrote:
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..> Anyone know any good method to clean old tintypes? I tried
..PEC-12 and it totaly ruin it.
..>
..> Jay
..>
..
..Richard Morris
..Brunel University, UK
..dtsrrlm@brunel.ac.uk
..

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