Thank you, Jerry! Yes, indeed, you can also do that. In this case, the pulp and water were exactly measured and mixed for the final application so that the leaf cast thickness matches with the wraps’ thickness. The results, which I will show on 11/5 will demonstrate that the little amount of pulp needed was enough to support these triangular losses. It really worked beautifully. Thank you Jerry as always, and appreciate you as a mentor and a friend. Happy Halloween!
Fascinating stuff. I keep thinking there's got to be an easier way to calculate the minimum amount of pulp, but I guess there's no short cuts if you want to get it precise.
Yes, it can be. But like anything in conservation, it’s part of the preparation if you opt for specific amounts. You can setup an excel sheet with these data and let excel then return the values. There’s also a free app called Paperweight you can download that helps with these tasks. Thanks for watching, Jason!
@Adrift. The thickness of the pulp isn’t an issue for a lot of conservator and it is then ok to proceed with leaf casting even though you don’t know about how much pulp you’re adding. I did that for years and in looking at some of my work, I definitely overdid it with pulp on some books. Now that I measure, it truly makes a world of difference. It’s like anything in life, you’ll get used to measuring. Having said this, I’m trying to come up with a model that can be used across specific age group and publisher. For example, the pulp recipe for the interior of silver age 1964-66 should be this number and the pulp recipe for the cover for the same period should be that number and so on and so forth.
Love to watch your technique videos. Like the conservation literature applied to comic books and come to life! Looking forward to the results!
Absolutely! The literature is key to these methods! Thanks Dr Paul.
Enjoyed the upload Peter. Awesome! What about making a larger amount of pulp then weighing out the liquid to conform with your calculations?
Thank you, Jerry! Yes, indeed, you can also do that. In this case, the pulp and water were exactly measured and mixed for the final application so that the leaf cast thickness matches with the wraps’ thickness. The results, which I will show on 11/5 will demonstrate that the little amount of pulp needed was enough to support these triangular losses. It really worked beautifully. Thank you Jerry as always, and appreciate you as a mentor and a friend. Happy Halloween!
Fascinating stuff. I keep thinking there's got to be an easier way to calculate the minimum amount of pulp, but I guess there's no short cuts if you want to get it precise.
Yes, it can be. But like anything in conservation, it’s part of the preparation if you opt for specific amounts. You can setup an excel sheet with these data and let excel then return the values. There’s also a free app called Paperweight you can download that helps with these tasks. Thanks for watching, Jason!
@@peteralachi3888 nice. I'll have to check paperweight out!
@Adrift. The thickness of the pulp isn’t an issue for a lot of conservator and it is then ok to proceed with leaf casting even though you don’t know about how much pulp you’re adding. I did that for years and in looking at some of my work, I definitely overdid it with pulp on some books. Now that I measure, it truly makes a world of difference. It’s like anything in life, you’ll get used to measuring. Having said this, I’m trying to come up with a model that can be used across specific age group and publisher. For example, the pulp recipe for the interior of silver age 1964-66 should be this number and the pulp recipe for the cover for the same period should be that number and so on and so forth.