Crafting Hint of the Day - Preserving Old Newspaper Articles

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HOW TO PRESERVE OLD AND BRITTLE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS:

Dissolve 1 milk of magnesia tablet in 1 quart of club soda. Let stand overnight. Stir well and pour into a shallow pan Lay newspaper clipping flat in pan and soak for 1 to 2 hours. Carefully remove and place on soft towel to dry. The clipping will remain preserved for several decades.



-- Karen (mountains_mama2@hotmail.com), March 26, 2002

Answers

Thank you for this tip. I recently came in to possesion of a family members bible and she liked to cut articles and obituaries out of the paper. Some date back to 1899 and I was wondering how I was going to keep them from deteriorating any further as some are very brittle and crumble at the touch. Thanks a bunch!!!

-- Billie in CO (bbsowell@earthlink.net), March 26, 2002.

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