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Re: [GBW] dirty endpapers/pastedowns
There are several different ways you could do that, and I don't consider my
list comprehensive.
1) Coffee / tea - not entirely archival but easy to work with if a bit
messy. The old way of doing things.
2) Acrylic washes - very dilute acrylics. Color can be brushed on, sprayed,
or immerse the sheet.
3) Paper Schmutz - grossly simplified, take old scraps of paper from spine
linings, board, endsheets (stuff being discarded) and distill to a
disgusting malty caramel color. Apply as desired. There is an excellent
article on this process in the 2002 Paper Conservator published by the
Institute of Paper Conservation.
Important is to experiment and get a sense of how these things all work and
practice applying.
Peter
I need some advice.
When replacing endpapers and/or pastedowns in an old dirty non cleanable
book, what is the best way to age the replacements so they aren't so stark?
Can I dirty them up somehow? Thanks, Edna Wright
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