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269705 don schwartz <dks@t...> 2020‑01‑20 Re: Stanley 55 dating and restoring
If I were to do this, I think I'd try glue size rather than full 
strength hide glue. The paper shouldn't need full strength glue, the 
glue size would darken the paper less, and should be more easily 
reversible. Try it on a test piece and see if that's satisfactory.

Don

On 2020-01-20 8:31 a.m., Troy Livingston wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
> On 1/20/2020 5:36 AM, Christian Gagneraud wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> 
>>
>> But now concerning the main box and the cutter boxes, i'm not sure
>> what i should do. I would like to protect the parts which have paper
>> labels. Never done something like that in the past.
>> The manual has no missing parts, but has definitely the old looking,
>> yellow traces all around and rust around the staples.
>> I wonder if i should seal it completely, it's summer time here, that
>> might help, tho Auckland is quite humid, so i will certainly seal the
>> ambient humidity...
>>
>> Any tips, advice's, or references are welcome.
>>
>> Thanks for reading!
>>
>> Chris
>>

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