Use naphtha (lighter fluid) for adhesives - tape or glue. Use plain water for paste or PVC glue. Apply from BACK of album sheet with cotton swab - Q-tip. AZ LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround E-Book FREE COPY http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] Re: Remove photos from old album > From: David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, December 16, 2010 2:55 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > On Thu, December 16, 2010 10:59, Tim Corio wrote: > > Hopefully someone has some good advice on this. How can I set my old > > photos free? > > > > I have an old scrap book (photo album) and I want to remove the photos, > > clippings, and ribbons. These are the cardboard pages with a sticky > > glue that holds the items and a plastic cover sheet. The sheets are > > about 20 years old and the glue has yellowed. > > > > I don't think solvents (even water) are an option because of the mix of > > photos, newspaper, and cloth. Perhaps cold or heat will loosen the > > glue. > > My albums like that, of roughly that age, are quite happy to let go of the > things they were holding. Have you actually tried with yours? > > (I'm sure the adhesive isn't actually rubber cement, as one poster > suggested; everything I've read on the topic says that would have visibly > damaged the photos long before now.) > > -- > David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ > Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ > Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ > Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
