Subject: Paper damaged by Photocopy toner
We experienced an unfortunate accident when an historical document ended up being fed through our photocopier with the lid open, resulting in the entire surface being covered with fused toner. The original document contains only iron gal ink ms. on unruled calendered paper. My research shows that the toner can be removed in a bath of Ethyl Acetate followed by suction as described in a case study at National Archives (AIC Book and Paper Group Annual, vol 8, 1989 <URL:http://cool-aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v08/bp08-05.html> I can perform this operation in the lab here but want to know first if anyone has experience or new information on the best procedure to use. Jane Meggers, Conservator State Historical Society of Iowa 402 Iowa Ave Iowa City IA 52240 319-335-3921 *** Conservation DistList Instance 21:39 Distributed: Sunday, January 20, 2008 Message Id: cdl-21-39-029 ***Received on Wednesday, 9 January, 2008