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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;916Bulldogs123, post: 272098, member: 75&quot;]I received an email and estimate to repair this. But it may not look perfect when repaired. Your thoughts...</p><p><br /></p><p>Hello Michael,</p><p><br /></p><p>In looking over the three photos you sent me of your watercolor, it appears to me that the paper repairs as you said were old and poor repairs.&nbsp; Your watercolor needs to be cleaned and in doing so, I am not sure if and how well the repairs will hold up to the cleaning process as we don&#039;t really know what was used to repair the tears and if they will clean up in keeping with the original watercolor.&nbsp; It seems that the tears were not &quot;fitted&quot; together well and my problem becomes worse in estimating costs as I can&#039;t know how the tears will look after the cleanings.&nbsp; From my point of view, if the tears do need to be redone, then there will be coloring involved and the final watercolor still might show the tears as I know from past experience, some tears repair well and others don&#039;t - usually the less work done to them the better and I am afraid that these won&#039;t fit back together and will still be noticeable. </p><p><br /></p><p>My instinct says for me to pass on this project but I could give you an estimate that might be in the $395 range and you still might not be happy with the look of the cleanings and work when done but I need to be paid for my efforts.&nbsp; I have included an estimate that is attached to bottom of this eMail.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would take about 6- months to complete the cleanings, stain reduction, as needed to properly Conserve and Restore this item for you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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