Preserving Newspaper

I usually take the article to Kinko's and have them make a copy on card stock. Frame that piece
put the original in a sleve on the back
 
Alot of customers want the original mounted, whatever the risk. "A copy just isln't the same thing." I have heard that about a bunch of times and have finally just mounted the original in Mylar, matted, taped, and framed. No problems yet after 15 years. Forget that copy, we have lost several jobs for even suggesting it. No more, no how, just frame it.

Jack Cee
 
I make "enhanced copies."

I take the article, which is usually on page 12 of section D, and put it on the front page. if there is a jump page (on page 20) I can reposition it to the front page, too, and arrange the columns so they make sense. (Something the newspaper are unable to do.,)

I enlarge it to obscene proportions and reduce everything else on the page.

I clean up the inevitable smudges, adjust the color and contrast on the photo and print the whole thing on archival paper with pigmented inks.

For commercial customers (the ones that usually have this kind of work done) I can insert their logo in a prominent spot.

I charge more for the Photoshop and printing work than I do for the framing. And, can you keep a secret?, it's fun.

No personal experience that I can recall with Archival Mist, but I've had mixed results with We Tu. You have to evenly saturate the paper, after which it always looked a tad green to me.
 
Also, if the customer wants the original newspaper article framed, I mount it on balck fom-cor so the reverse side printing doesn't show through.

Dave Makielski
 
I framed a newspaper article for a neighbor and used archieval mist. Everytime I go to her house I check it out to see how it's doing! After 4 years still looks great!


Elsa
 
The last couple of times I've used Archival Mist the major problem was the pump getting clogged, even after soaking it when finished. Otherwise it works fine, so far.
Bart
 
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