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269702 Troy Livingston <horologist@w...> 2020‑01‑20 Re: Stanley 55 dating and restoring
Chris,

My 45 had a torn label with loose fragments. I used a little liquid hide 
glue and a small soft artists brush to adhere the fragments. I'm pretty 
sure I took an after photo but typically forget to take the before one. 
If I can find them I will post. Once set I used the brush with some warm 
water to clean the excess glue. This is also my procedure for old clock 
labels. The advantages are the glue is acid neutral and more importantly 
the whole thing is reversible. In the old days people used to coat their 
clock labels with varnish or PVA glue. These are permanent and make a 
mess of the paper.

Troy

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