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<p>[QUOTE="Lithographer, post: 4495924, member: 13308"]I picked this etching up in Dayton, Ohio on my last trip down to auction. I wanted to be able to post the process of removing the acidity and staining from a print. I have been waiting for some really sunny days and we finally are going to have a few. I took pictures of the print as purchased and removed from the frame. I am using a plastic storage tub and distilled water. The print is sitting on a piece of plastic screen on top of the original glass. The screen is to stop the print from sticking to the glass when it dries. You need the glass for support because the paper is weak when wet, if you try to pick up the print you can tear it. I will keep posting pictures as things progress and let you know how much time it was soaking. I have done about 15-20 or prints using this method, some turned out great and I have destroyed a couple. Straight black ink etchings and lithographs seem to turn out the best. If someone could find another example of this print, that would be nice, I would like to see what color the paper was originally.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]392626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392627[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392628[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392629[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392630[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392631[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392632[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392633[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392634[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392635[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lithographer, post: 4495924, member: 13308"]I picked this etching up in Dayton, Ohio on my last trip down to auction. I wanted to be able to post the process of removing the acidity and staining from a print. I have been waiting for some really sunny days and we finally are going to have a few. I took pictures of the print as purchased and removed from the frame. I am using a plastic storage tub and distilled water. The print is sitting on a piece of plastic screen on top of the original glass. The screen is to stop the print from sticking to the glass when it dries. You need the glass for support because the paper is weak when wet, if you try to pick up the print you can tear it. I will keep posting pictures as things progress and let you know how much time it was soaking. I have done about 15-20 or prints using this method, some turned out great and I have destroyed a couple. Straight black ink etchings and lithographs seem to turn out the best. If someone could find another example of this print, that would be nice, I would like to see what color the paper was originally. [ATTACH=full]392626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392627[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392628[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392629[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392630[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392631[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392632[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392633[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392634[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]392635[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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