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How to Preserve Old and Brittle Newspaper Clippings

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How To Preserve Old and Brittle Newspaper Clippings

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    Cut the Newpaper article to look nice and neat before preserving.
    Lay the towel on a dry flat surface before taking the article out of the liquid.

  2. Step 2

    Dissolve a Milk of Magnesia tablet in a quart of Club Soda
    Let it sit overnight then stir well and pour into a large enough pan to hold a flattened newspaper clipping, which can be put in the pan before or after the liquid is in it.

  3. Step 3

    Soak the clipping for a least one hour, 2 hours is slightly better, gently lift the clipping out of the pan and place it on a soft towel to dry, when it is dried it can be handled normally and may be placed in a scrapbook or other suitable place of safe keeping.

  4. Step 4

    The estimated life of the clipping is 100 or more years, not to be enjoyed only by you but also by those who follow in exceeding generations.

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