Flattening rolled up old photos
Over time, old photos can dry out and become rolled up or curled, becoming too brittle to flatten out for scanning or photographing for restoration. Humidification is the process used by document and photo restoration experts for relaxing (flattening out) rolled up documents and old photos.
Depending on the photo itself, it is often possible with care to attempt this at home. Building a humidification chamber for relaxing old photos before restoration is quite a simple process. The group mentioned in the blog linked below did just this during the restoration of 600 old photos which they restored.
Old Photos & Genealogy: Shoe Box of Soldier Photos Restored
If you have old photos that need to be relaxed before restoration, I suggest reading this technical leaflet on Relaxing and Flattening Paper by Humidificaion before trying anything yourself as certain photos will not be suitable for this process, and you will need to determine this in advance.
-Mark.
Depending on the photo itself, it is often possible with care to attempt this at home. Building a humidification chamber for relaxing old photos before restoration is quite a simple process. The group mentioned in the blog linked below did just this during the restoration of 600 old photos which they restored.
Old Photos & Genealogy: Shoe Box of Soldier Photos Restored
If you have old photos that need to be relaxed before restoration, I suggest reading this technical leaflet on Relaxing and Flattening Paper by Humidificaion before trying anything yourself as certain photos will not be suitable for this process, and you will need to determine this in advance.
-Mark.
posted by Mark Wilson | 1:33 PM
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