Really depends on the coverage needed. If it's a color that needs it, if it's a larger area, if the paper is more worn down...i will try to moisten the tip just a little to see how well it covers.
Wetting the pencil will lay down a greater amount of pigment on the poster, so it will need to be an area that will take it.
For this particular poster, it was folded vertically slightly and will need only a light dry pencil fill in.
I used the wet black quite a bit on -My Fair Lady- the outside fold lines and some gouache as well to fill it in enough.
Thanks guys, the lone fold line wasn't too bad, but the color matching was challenging. It took a couple of colors to get Day's shirt correct. Will cut down tonight & post.
Oceans 11-getting paper infill this week & will be done soon as well.
Ok Lover Come Back complete. It didn't need touch restoration, but had some wrinkles in the lower right corner that smoothed out quite nicely. Minor pencil restoration to a slight vertical fold line.
So, have you done the analysis? Time spent plus cost of materials multiplied by the ear bashing you get for not paying your wife enough attention divided by personal satisfaction of doing it yourself.
But Oh my, David! Where ever did you come up with such a diabolical equation!
But seriously... I never spend as much time as I want to, I lost track of how much I've spent ( around 2-3,000?)- I have gotten a several ear-fulls from my sweet wife for too much time in my poster lair, but the personal satisfaction of accomplishments & small steps towards a better finished product has made it all worth it! ...plus the wife does want to decorate our room in posters, so, that does help!
Thanks guys, i starting to kinda feel comfortable with tape removal. Although it's always a new experience. Always different factors/considerations in the equation.
Cattle Queen of Montana-WC. Recently paperbacked on Masa paper. It had significant toning which I hoped to treat in the deacidification & bleach processes. Deacidification produced very good results. •Picture of yellow acid pushed out of card during deacid bath.
Trimmed & ready for framing. while deacid & bleaching did help with toning of paper, it also faded the 60 yr old black permanent marker. Possible use of a spray workable fixative over the lettering to prevent that. Otherwise paperbacking procedure & image turned out very good. •Before• •After•
Early this Sunday I backed two pieces which turned out good. 1st up-The Train Robbers-Yugoslavian. I took Dario's recommendation & put down the Masa on Saturday morning, then put the poster down Sunday morning.
Also, I DID NOT use a brayer to roll out the poster! I used minimal wheat starch glue, placed it on the masa, smoothed it out with a small soft towel and done! It seems to be doing well!
2nd up-my first Daybill. Had no idea how the paper/colors would react. Was not intending to bleach, but had to give it a light application as a small stain showed up on the edge.
The Love Cage-1964-Australian Daybill Again-placed masa down the day before, and no brayer used. Feel pretty good with results. The wash process went off well with no surprises.
It looks great & will need little, if any touch ups to be ready for framing.
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Wetting the pencil will lay down a greater amount of pigment on the poster, so it will need to be an area that will take it.
For this particular poster, it was folded vertically slightly and will need only a light dry pencil fill in.
I used the wet black quite a bit on -My Fair Lady- the outside fold lines and some gouache as well to fill it in enough.
Oceans 11-getting paper infill this week & will be done soon as well.
•Before•
•After•
So, have you done the analysis? Time spent plus cost of materials multiplied by the ear bashing you get for not paying your wife enough attention divided by personal satisfaction of doing it yourself.
But Oh my, David! Where ever did you come up with such a diabolical equation!
But seriously... I never spend as much time as I want to, I lost track of how much I've spent ( around 2-3,000?)- I have gotten a several ear-fulls from my sweet wife for too much time in my poster lair, but the personal satisfaction of accomplishments & small steps towards a better finished product has made it all worth it! ...plus the wife does want to decorate our room in posters, so, that does help!
Up next: Cattle Queen of Montana-1954-Window Card.
I forgot to take a picture before tape removal. From EMP.
Before-
Tape at top & bottom needed removal
Bottom Before-
Btm-After tape removal
Btm-After some scraping & light use of sandpaper.
Top-After
•Before•
•After•
Now it's ready for a wash, deacid & bleaching before getting paperbacked.
Deacidification produced very good results.
•Picture of yellow acid pushed out of card during deacid bath.
while deacid & bleaching did help with toning of paper, it also faded the 60 yr old black permanent marker. Possible use of a spray workable fixative over the lettering to prevent that. Otherwise paperbacking procedure & image turned out very good.
•Before•
•After•
UPPER CORNER
after tape removal & trimming...
after taping off corner before infill...
Some painting for the upper right corner & some off white to match the border & it'll be ready to be cut down.
1st up-The Train Robbers-Yugoslavian.
I took Dario's recommendation & put down the Masa on Saturday morning, then put the poster down Sunday morning.
Also, I DID NOT use a brayer to roll out the poster! I used minimal wheat starch glue, placed it on the masa, smoothed it out with a small soft towel and done! It seems to be doing well!
The Love Cage-1964-Australian Daybill
Again-placed masa down the day before, and no brayer used. Feel pretty good with results. The wash process went off well with no surprises.
It looks great & will need little, if any touch ups to be ready for framing.
Cool.