Water damage/mould on print
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Twin Peaks
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Water damage/mould on print
A customer has asked me to take a look at a couple of prints that have been water damaged. One is cockled and there is mould on the reverse. They are limited edition prints and I was wondering if anyone has any tips on treatment before they are re-framed.
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Jared Davis CPF, GCF
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Re: Water damage/mould on print
Here's some simple tips....
The best way to to kill mold, is to stick it in bright sunlight for a few hours... Leave it outside for some sunbaking! you will have to carefuly remove the residue, but at least you know the mold won't come back if you kill it with UV exposure...
Cockled prints - humidify them.... spray a very light mist of distilled water on the back of the cocked print, and then zap it in a Hot Press for a couple of minutes, inside a release paper sandwich on a flat working board....
"But I don't have a Hot Press"...
OK, then do it the long way.... spray a very light mist of distilled water on the back of the cocked print.......sandwich the cockled print between two larger pieces of butchers paper, and then sandwich this "sandwich" between two pieces of 2mm glass (which are larger than the print, but smaller than the butchers paper). You want the butchers paper to be exposed outside of the glass sandwich all the way around. Now leave this in a flat spot for about a week. The moisture will soak into the butchers paper, and evaporate out, through the exposed edges of the butchers paper... takes a bit of time, but you will get a nice flat, crisp print to play with again.
The best way to to kill mold, is to stick it in bright sunlight for a few hours... Leave it outside for some sunbaking! you will have to carefuly remove the residue, but at least you know the mold won't come back if you kill it with UV exposure...
Cockled prints - humidify them.... spray a very light mist of distilled water on the back of the cocked print, and then zap it in a Hot Press for a couple of minutes, inside a release paper sandwich on a flat working board....
"But I don't have a Hot Press"...
OK, then do it the long way.... spray a very light mist of distilled water on the back of the cocked print.......sandwich the cockled print between two larger pieces of butchers paper, and then sandwich this "sandwich" between two pieces of 2mm glass (which are larger than the print, but smaller than the butchers paper). You want the butchers paper to be exposed outside of the glass sandwich all the way around. Now leave this in a flat spot for about a week. The moisture will soak into the butchers paper, and evaporate out, through the exposed edges of the butchers paper... takes a bit of time, but you will get a nice flat, crisp print to play with again.
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Roboframer
Re: Water damage/mould on print
I'd save myself the grief (and the risk, as I have no experience and I'm buggered if I'm going to try and gain that on someone else's property) and get a quote from a conservator - you don't have to mark that quote up more than any carraige etc unless the conservator offers 'trade prices' and it would, or should, be what you would be charging anyway if you knew you were capable of doing the job.
Plus you'll get the re-framing job.
Plus you'll get the re-framing job.