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What’s hiding under that book “repair” tape? Oh, it’s the original gold stamped spine, now ruined!  (Source: https://vine.co/)

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This black and white silver-gelatin photograph is showing “silver mirroring”, which is when the silver particles in the image degrade. From certain viewing angles, the mirroring is not noticeable, but from other angles it is VERY noticeable. This particular photograph was dry-mounted to a piece of foam-core board, and also matted, both of which probably contributed […]

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Making rice starch paste in the conservation lab, using our coveted Cook & Stir. That thing makes some darn good paste. (Source: https://vine.co/)

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Glues, pastes, and other powders. Also a coveted Cook-N-Stir for making really awesome paste. And the DS9 cup I found in the cabinet under the lab sink one day. #conservation #preservation #adhesives (Source: https://vine.co/)