[Nickthedentist]

Originally Posted by WME_bill

Re: Scanning a manual badly affected by damp and mould?
Can I raise another problem with damp manuals. The pages are stuck together in patches. How does one separate the sheets so that I can scan them.
I have a rare Philips manual which is desperate. Could I try soaking the whole bunch of pages for a time. But then the risk is that the paper itself will break up.
Also the printing ink appears to be on the starch/china clay surface coating, so soaking will dissolve that away completely.
wme_bill

Steam?