Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/29

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Subject: [Leica] How do you unglue old color prints?
From: stasys1 at cox.net (stasys1@cox.net)
Date: Sat Nov 29 08:39:23 2008

---- Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: 
> Before you do anything, like listening to half witted suggestions,  
> call the Getty's preservation dept.
> You might go in circles, but eventually you'll be directed to the  
> right person.
> This is from experience. My question at the time was over the issue  
> of what type of fire extinguisher  does one use in a photography  
> storage environment. I had very strong reservations over using purple  
> K units, which is what's predominantly sold over the counter. Believe  
> or not, there was one specialist over there who had tackled that very  
> issue.
> By the way, the last solution used with a color print is stabilizer,  
> not water.
> s.d.
> 
> 
> On Nov 29, 2008, at 5:15 AM, Stasys Petravicius wrote:
> 
> > Hi All- I ran across old 4x6 color prints (from the 1960's) that  
> > are stuck together - I think from moisture. Suggestions? TIA. Stasys
> >
> >Slobodan- Thanks for the info. I'll give them a try. Stasys
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