bobtnailer
CGF II, Certified Grumble Framer Level 2
Howdy, y'all!
I have a new project to do for my local Masonic lodge as a donation (I volunteered - they didn't ask me for this). I'll be reframing this Scottish Rite patent (certificate given when a Mason has gone through the SR degrees). I haven't yet decided what I want to do with it.
See the attached pictures for its present condition. Please excuse the first pic...it's blurry as can be, but I didn't realize it until now.
In a few pictures, you can see that some sort of paste/glue was brushed onto the patent and backing. Over the years, that paste has moved through the paper to give it an orange-brown colored stain. It has also made the paper stiff, but not quite brittle. Yuck. Does anyone know what that might have been?
It was also used on the picture (dated 5/25/54), which popped off of the patent really easily, taking some of the paper with it. Since everything is so badly damaged, I may try to release the paper from the back of the picture and reattach it to the patent with a rice paste (unless y'all have a better suggestion). I hate that the original framer did things this way, as it practically destroyed everything. I do want the symbols to be visible, so I'll probably mount the picture in a window underneath the patent.
The patent paper is so badly warped that simply matting it will not keep it flat. If it's not stabilized, it will continue to buckle even worse. Since I don't have access to any sort of vacuum press, I'm tempted to use MountCor just to make it flat and stable. I realize that this won't be reversible, but it's incredibly unlikely that anyone will come along in the future to do any real restoration work on it. The intrinsic value is almost zero; it's only valuable in the symbolic sense. I say all that to set up my question: Would I be screwing up by using MountCor for this?
I'll post pictures once everything is done. I would love to hear your thoughts/opinions on this!
I have a new project to do for my local Masonic lodge as a donation (I volunteered - they didn't ask me for this). I'll be reframing this Scottish Rite patent (certificate given when a Mason has gone through the SR degrees). I haven't yet decided what I want to do with it.
See the attached pictures for its present condition. Please excuse the first pic...it's blurry as can be, but I didn't realize it until now.
In a few pictures, you can see that some sort of paste/glue was brushed onto the patent and backing. Over the years, that paste has moved through the paper to give it an orange-brown colored stain. It has also made the paper stiff, but not quite brittle. Yuck. Does anyone know what that might have been?
It was also used on the picture (dated 5/25/54), which popped off of the patent really easily, taking some of the paper with it. Since everything is so badly damaged, I may try to release the paper from the back of the picture and reattach it to the patent with a rice paste (unless y'all have a better suggestion). I hate that the original framer did things this way, as it practically destroyed everything. I do want the symbols to be visible, so I'll probably mount the picture in a window underneath the patent.
The patent paper is so badly warped that simply matting it will not keep it flat. If it's not stabilized, it will continue to buckle even worse. Since I don't have access to any sort of vacuum press, I'm tempted to use MountCor just to make it flat and stable. I realize that this won't be reversible, but it's incredibly unlikely that anyone will come along in the future to do any real restoration work on it. The intrinsic value is almost zero; it's only valuable in the symbolic sense. I say all that to set up my question: Would I be screwing up by using MountCor for this?
I'll post pictures once everything is done. I would love to hear your thoughts/opinions on this!
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