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The damage lighter fluid does on vintage MOC's and packaging
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<blockquote data-quote="OTB Records" data-source="post: 323640" data-attributes="member: 6162"><p>Just my two pennies' worth. As far as I'm aware lighter fluid evaporates very, very quickly and leaves no residue so the period for potential damage is immediate. You would notice any damage upon application and I would imagine that there is no 'ticking time bomb' due to the full evaporation. I doubt (though I could be wrong) that the printed surface would be harmed in any way due to the printer's varnish/laminate used to protect the print. </p><p></p><p>I base the above solely on experience of being a graphic designer who has used lighter fluid and equivalents for many years in the cleaning of flat printer's artwork and for removing glue residue.</p><p></p><p>Like I say, this is just my opinion and I'm not advocating the use of lighter fluid etc. on carded figures.</p><p></p><p>Also it's worth noting that one of the worst things you can possibly put into contact with paper/card/printed matter is your hands. The sweat from your hands can and does do lasting damage to many items and especially paper/card and does act as a 'ticking time bomb' and slowly stains and eats away at many materials. So should we all be wearing conservation gloves when handling our carded figures?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OTB Records, post: 323640, member: 6162"] Just my two pennies' worth. As far as I'm aware lighter fluid evaporates very, very quickly and leaves no residue so the period for potential damage is immediate. You would notice any damage upon application and I would imagine that there is no 'ticking time bomb' due to the full evaporation. I doubt (though I could be wrong) that the printed surface would be harmed in any way due to the printer's varnish/laminate used to protect the print. I base the above solely on experience of being a graphic designer who has used lighter fluid and equivalents for many years in the cleaning of flat printer's artwork and for removing glue residue. Like I say, this is just my opinion and I'm not advocating the use of lighter fluid etc. on carded figures. Also it's worth noting that one of the worst things you can possibly put into contact with paper/card/printed matter is your hands. The sweat from your hands can and does do lasting damage to many items and especially paper/card and does act as a 'ticking time bomb' and slowly stains and eats away at many materials. So should we all be wearing conservation gloves when handling our carded figures? [/QUOTE]
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