On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 02:02 PM, Lexter Negron wrote:
Any tips and tricks
I don't know which city you are in.
But, many cities, especially big ones, have a public Archive, staffed with professional archivists.
I guess... mileage will vary, on the 'experts' ... but I found the archivists, in my city, very knowledgeable about 'recovering' and 'prep-ing' old, and damaged, documents, for scanning.
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There are some journals, and monographs, I am aware of; but a professional archivist would know better.
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Besides using the kind of 'gentile' mechanical separation, using thin spatulas, or specialized bone tools... sort of... like you are doing...
One technique for separating pages, I know of, is to use of a 'humidity chamber.'
Another is freezing.
Both sometimes work... but not always... so it's best to experiment first.
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If the pages are damaged, or the ink is damaged, to begin with, or during separation... sometimes the paper can be reinforced with Japanese tissue paper (conservation paper) and 'wheat starch paste.'
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