How to make a paper look old?

Question

Please steps by steps to tell me!!! And the things needs to use need to easy found at home.

Answer 1

The usual way is to wet it with a solution of instant coffee. It depends what paper it is (and what is already printed or written on it) as to whether you can soak the paper in a dish of water or whether you should just dab it with a sponge. If there's any risk of the ink running, wetting it is something you should avoid, of course!

Another way is to bake it in a cool oven. You need to watch it like a hawk and take it out before it actually catches fire! This does tend to make the paper brittle.

Answer 2

Newsprint can be made to look old with little effort. Start by wadding the paper up into a ball. Spread the paper out again; try not to smooth all the wrinkles out. Thin down light brown, antique brown, or black acrylic paint with water in a shallow dish. Using old rags or a sponge brush, cover the crumpled newsprint with the paint. Do this lightly and wipe away any excess paint. The paint will make the paper look old and wrinkled. Let dry and then use as needed. You can even smudge the edges of the paper with a brown pigment ink pad. A little goes a long way. Play around with different colors and different techniques on scratch paper until you get the effect you want. You can even use solid brown/black shoe polish to get an aged look. I don't know if the poster board could be balled up enough to make it look old but maybe it will work with some practice. Good luck.

Answer 3

Boil water and make black tea.
Get a container that is a little bigger than the piece of paper you are using, like a 9x13 baking pan.
Pour about 1/4 inch of tea into the bottom of the container.
Put your piece of paper into the tea. Gently sink it to make sure all of the paper is under the tea. (You can also brush the tea onto the paper with a paintbrush.)
Keep the paper in the tea for about 10 seconds. Don't let it sit too long or it will become soggy and hard to handle.
Take the paper out of the tea and put it on a towel to blot off the excess.
Let the paper dry on a flat surface. It may curl a bit which only adds to the old look.



Tips
Use coffee if you want a darker look.
Experiment with different quantities of tea in water. More tea leaves will make its color darker. Adding milk makes a different shade.
Add turmeric to the tea to get some grainy texture on the paper.
If you want to give it more of an old look, hold the paper between 1/2 inch and 1 inch above a candle flame and move it back and forth. This will create the darkened look of paper that's been around for a very long time and with a little practice you'll be able to give the paper the look of having been a little damaged by time and circumstance.
If you fold the paper first, then dip it, the folded parts will be darker. Don't use straight folds.
Crush a paper with your hands and then straighten it again. Then applying tea solution will give interesting results.
Spray with transparent lacquer upon complete drying for extra finish.
You can use a piece of soft cloth instead of brush to apply the tea to the paper.
If you want a faster drying process, iron the paper. Be careful not to do it immediately.
While the paper is still wet, scatter a little instant coffee on the page to make it look like foxing.
While in the pan, if you press down on the paper with a fork or another object, it will leave a cool imprint



Warnings
Don't put your paper too close to your candle flame or it will be set on fire.
Avoid using watercolor painting strokes (with less amount of liquid on brush) or else the brush strokes will be visible on paper and it won't give a smooth impression.

Answer 4

I had to do this once when I went to school, back in the 60's, but I am sure it still works today. If you dip your paper in coffee and let it set for a while and then take it out and let it dry. It will look dark and old, then after it dries, it will look crinkly and then you can singe the edges with with a match or lighter. Good Luck!!

Answer 5

My question is.. how many days you have?
If you have at least 2-5 days to make it look really old.... put is outside. Under the sun and dust everyday..... if you are living next to a busy highway.... better...... the pollution and the heat of the sun makes your paper really look old as if it was like an ancient scroll..... try it... dont forget to watch out for the rain... or else your effort will be useless.... been doing that for many times and it works... try it....

Answer 6

well, you might not be able to find these at your home.
But find an old book. People sell old books in yard sales they had in the attic from relatives.
Libraries have old books.

In the back of the book, there are usually extra pages without any writing. You can use one of these.
They will be authentic, and will pass the carbon dating technique as well.

Burn a few pages from an old book and make some ink from an old recipe, and the ink will also pass the carbon dating technique and will be of period materials.

But you may not want to be that elaborate....

Answer 7

Burn it.

Not completely, hold the lighter 6-10 inches away just to brown it slightly and curl the edges. Hold it a slight amount closer if it needs to look older.

Try this on something blank first, so you get the technique.

Answer 8

i did this once for a school project. you can dip the paper in water and then blow dry it to make it look wrinkley, then set the edges on fire with a lighter for only a second and then blow it out. (don't do that inside or on grass, unless you want to burn down your house.)

Answer 9

1: cover the whole piece of paperwith milkless tea or coffee 2: let dry and add another layer and let dry 3: singe around edges with a lighter making sure not to make the whole piece catch fire

Answer 10

once I crumbled the paper and soaked it in strong coffee and took it out dried it out with a hot iron and then burned the edges with a lighter also you can use tea for the stain