how to make a paper look old?

Question

i know you can use lemon juice but how high do you hat the paper with lemon juice also do you have any other ideas to make a peice of paper look rreally old or just old
please tell me

Answer 1

coffee works, so do moistened teabagsif you want an uneven effect, moisten a teabag and squeeze or 'paint' with it using uneven strokes. If you are going to tear edges, do that fist, then lightly burn them with a lighter, put the fire out before it consumes the paper.

Answer 2

I'm an interior designer and have actually done this many times. Print the info first, but best to use a laser printer or the print will "run" and smear when you make the paper look old. Make a cup of strong tea and use a small piece of towel to dip into it and blot onto the printed paper. You can crumple the paper to create fold lines which will soak up the tea more than the flat paper. Make sure you vary the intensity of the tea stains. If you want to create edges that look old, while the paper is still wet from the tea, tear portions around the edges of the page (the wet paper will sort of "feather" where torn. I've even see people take a candle and lightly singe the edges (be careful not to let it catch fire) while the paper is wet.

Answer 3

When you use lemon you need to heat the paper to make it go brown or wait a day or so and leave it out in the sun.

Tea works fine. Just crunch your paper and put it in a cup of tea. Take out let it dry and unfold it.

But just use an iron set on very hot and it will also age your paper very nicely.

Use 'special' paper. Standard A4 paper will look ageless. You can get newspaper paper that will look old almost instantly. If you have a few days you can even 'bake' it is an oven or under a UV light. It really works.

http://www.curbly.com/DIY-Maven/posts/863-How-to-Antique-Paper
Here is a site that has some nice tips as well.

Answer 4

ooooooooo i did this in art class once! sry i cant remember much but my teacher had put some kind of black liquid on our drawn, ripped treasure maps before. i think it was either some kind of oil, or gloss, that made the paper all dark and worn, mostly because the ink was stained in lots of places.
my opinion is to first of all, use vanilla, rough paper. write or draw what u want on it in either pen or marker, which will make stains, making it old. rip the edges and crumple it a little bit (dont roll it in a ball several times or anything!!!) for extra oldness. then smear it in one of the liquids above or something else, or just smother it with a water covered paintbrush. dont dunk it totally though!!!

Answer 5

A product called "Walnut Ink" is especially good for making paper look old.

Answer 6

You can coffee stain it. Put coffe in the sink and put the paper in there and let it soak for a while and leave it out to dry.

Answer 7

For me I soaked it in coffee for a few minutes then put it in the oven for 5-15 minutes then it looks really old.

Answer 8

wet a tea bag and rub it across the paper to leave it brown and streaky. crumple the paper, crease it, roll it - get it good and wrinkled. Then (carefully!) burn a few edges or corners.