Gloss Photo Images Stuck to Glass

Goodman- Ian

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Can anyone please help?

I have an 11x14" image that has one corner stuck to the glass.

How do you remove this from the glass without destroying the emulsion of the image?

Any help will be beneficial to all who read this.
thank you.
 
Ian, this is a recurring theme here - last discussed probably two weeks ago. Do a search for "don't do it!" or "stuck to glass."

Bottom line: don't do it.
 
Ron is right, this is a recurring theme, however I can tell you I have had success removing 99% of the photos by soaking them in a pan of water for a day or so. I have done this somewhere around 20 times in 33 years.You notice that I said 99%.....that's because once it dissolved the emulsion of the photo and I ruined it. I had had the photo reproduced before I tried and the customer was made aware that it may not work. Be sure to cover all your bases. That 1% can do a lot of harm to your business. As long as the customer knows it may not work and you have a back-up reproduction, I say go for it.
Bill
 
We have about the same record as does Bill Taylor; so be sure that the customer understands the risks involved. A liberal application of "Photo Flo" (a photographers water wetter) will help the process. It is a good feeling to remove the photo intact, dry, mount and frame the finished product. Yes, have a reproduction made.

Jack Cee
 
Thank you to all who replied in a positive way.

The method I used to fix this problem was to soak the image with the glass attached with the glass side down in a paper processsing tray witha few drops of Kodak Flo to the water and move back and forth a few times when finally the glass let go, this process took around two days of Photo Flo action.

The image was a colour gloss image whaic appears to have suffered only a little damage to the emulsion.
 
I prefer to think of my response as not so much negative as conservative.

Even for the "waterproof" resin-coated papers generally used today, two days of soaking is pretty drastic.

I'd say you were lucky, but I'm glad it worked out - this time.
 
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