Of course water and severe damp can leave a nasty edge called a "tidemark" this can be just as difficult to remove especially if the book is rare and has the provenance of being written on by someone famous (tut tut) the writing medium would need to be "fixed" to the paper before the operation can commence.

Strange how sometimes just one page in the whole book can get damaged by water, but it does happen especially with old cookery books, the pages in these get subjected to a whole range of different stains,
including booksellers rubber ink stamps!

                               

  

 

 

 

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Comments

[zara]

Thank you for this information... I love books a lot...

[Kay Y-H Thorson]

I do not find a DIY process for removing water stains/tidemarks from this site. Am I not looking in the right place?? I would really appreciate a solution, if possible. Thank you.

[Cathern]

Great post. I'm facing some of these issues as well..

[website]

Good day! Do you use Twitter? I'd like to follow you if that would be okay. I'm definitely enjoying your blog and look forward to new posts.

[Paul]

I like the site but you offer no solutions?
Foxing - a definition but no treatment!
Water staining - an illustration but no treatment!
You have knowledge and skill which would be nice to hear.

[Paul]

My site is NOT a DIY site, you will need many years of training in preparing these formulae and executing them. I am only illustrating my work not my methods, conservation is only a small part of what I do which is reserved for commissions only.

[Sedlacek Sturgill]

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