I think this one was a bit beyond soaking in pakasol.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/5/2010 5:05 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
> . It was an 8x10 photo that appears to have been taken in the late 40s or
> early 50s that had been rolled up for many, many years. It had thousands of
> cracks in the emulsion when unrolled. The customer was ecstatic with the
> fixed photo since it was the only existing photograph of her grandparents.
> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/restoration.php>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> That was the one fault with th otherwise superb glossy ferrotyped finish. It
> would crack on the surface. I remember in my earlier years, we would take
> an old photo that had cracked, and soak it for quite a while in our usual
> pakosol solution. After it was flat and flexible, it went back on the drum
> drier, and was again perfect.
>
> Man, am I old!
>
> Bill Pearce
>
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