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VISMAY H. RAVAL
SAMBODHI
Problem of Conservation:
It was necessary to remove the faulty adhesive from the document as it has resulted in dark stains, and for that it was necessary to remove the cotton cloth lining in a manner that the ink was not damaged so as the paper document.
The second problem was to remove the Sellotape and paper stripes found by removal of cotton cloth lining.
Third problem was to remove the heavy dark black stains from the writing portion without damaging the ink.
We had also to consider the consolidation and strengthening of the paper, as well as of cotton cloth used for lining previously.
Conservation Treatment Fumigation:
First of all the document was fumigated by Thymol and Para dichlorobenzene. After the completion of fumigation the superficial dust and other foreign deposition were removed with soft flat headed brush. Separation of Cotton Cloth Lining:
Firstly the document was relaxed by the fine sprinkle of water and methanol (1:1) solution with the help of water sprayer, because the ink was found sensitive towards the water.
After that from corner with the help of round brush solution of water and methanol (1:1) applied and very slowly and carefully paper document and cotton cloth separated from each other, the process was done very carefully because the paper document was very fragile (figure 4).
figure 4 - Separation of paper document and textile backing.
