I have a newspaper page, 02/15/1942, Oakland Tribune. It's a full-page description of the music and complete verses of the Star Spangled Banner. It's recently been soaked with stinky cat urine and feels very fragile. Is there any way to save this clipping?
2006-09-19 09:30:30 · 3 answers · asked by Suzanne G 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
If it's important to youcontact a conservtor of paper at the closest museum. They will know how to get the odor out of the paper and stabilize the newsprint, which slowly oxizes, turns yellow, gets brittle and crumbles. Newsprint is made from Kraft paper which is cheap and has a lot of sulfur in it which turns into sulfuric acid over time and humid air.While you're contacting the expert, keep the paper dry and out of the light. Kraft paper is often conserved by deacidiying it and impreganting it with a plastic resin. I.e it can be done, but it may be expensive.
Good luck,
Dan.
2006-09-19 09:38:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dan S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't. You may as well throw the paper out. And besides, it isn't really of great monetary value. There are thousands and thousands of copies of the SSB and it's history floating around out there.
2006-09-19 09:32:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Call your local library and they may be able to help you by telling you how they recover their damaged items and/or refer you to someone who may be able to help you.
2006-09-19 09:40:03 · answer #3 · answered by Realmstarr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋