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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 8509, member: 78"]Hi Pat,</p><p> If it does it wrinkely you can flatten it out. I put them in Mylar sheets and they flatten out. I have "ironed" them also, no steam just warm. I have used it on newsprint, pulp paper like books. I do not know if it works on shiny magazine paper. Again be careful with letters since the ink might be water soluble. I have used in on older typewritten memos and stuff. The Met had great ideas. On the paintings and painted stautes fropm the church</p><p>we cleaned them with saliva. It sounds gross but it removed years of smoke, incense grease and candle soot. There five out us that kept little capped jars of saliva in the refreg with are names. Some of us got brave and asked for "volenteers" to save saliva. We would take an one inch artist brush, dip it and wipe and area about 4" square let it sit for a while and using DAMP cotton balls wipe it off. After a while you can tell if it needs to sit longer or less. The important thing to remember is let the saliva work, do not rub or scrub. Too much abrasion might remove the varnish or paint.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 8509, member: 78"]Hi Pat, If it does it wrinkely you can flatten it out. I put them in Mylar sheets and they flatten out. I have "ironed" them also, no steam just warm. I have used it on newsprint, pulp paper like books. I do not know if it works on shiny magazine paper. Again be careful with letters since the ink might be water soluble. I have used in on older typewritten memos and stuff. The Met had great ideas. On the paintings and painted stautes fropm the church we cleaned them with saliva. It sounds gross but it removed years of smoke, incense grease and candle soot. There five out us that kept little capped jars of saliva in the refreg with are names. Some of us got brave and asked for "volenteers" to save saliva. We would take an one inch artist brush, dip it and wipe and area about 4" square let it sit for a while and using DAMP cotton balls wipe it off. After a while you can tell if it needs to sit longer or less. The important thing to remember is let the saliva work, do not rub or scrub. Too much abrasion might remove the varnish or paint. greg[/QUOTE]
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