Photo Rescue

[wonder_lander]

Hi guys.

Unfortunately my mum passed away on the 22nd February and in doing so had left some photographs for my sister and I.

She'd written comments on the back of each photo but hadn't waited for the ink to dry before putting them ontop of each other! Needless to say the ink has transfered to the photo it was stacked on.

Anyone know of a way of me cleaning these up or alternatively a firm I could send them too?

I have some of the "clean" images scanned so I could always experiment with the ruined version and if that fails get another copy made?

Any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[startrek2]

sorry for your loss,,

on a birghter note, what ever dont do a mr bean sneeze and use a handkerchief with ink on it ,, just gets worse..

actually pec pad people do a cleaner that should work for you pec-12

http://www.photosol.com/pec12.htm

i have used Isopropyl Alcohol previously for similar but these were on newer pictures so i would do a test on one or try one maybe write on it yourself before going at it, you can buy/order it from chemist even certain high street compelectrical sellers have it now.
sold as cleaning solvent in spray but vchemist get it in bottle liquid form.

 

[wonder_lander]

sorry for your loss,,

on a birghter note, what ever dont do a mr bean sneeze and use a handkerchief with ink on it ,, just gets worse..

actually pec pad people do a cleaner that should work for you pec-12

http://www.photosol.com/pec12.htm

i have used Isopropyl Alcohol previously for similar but these were on newer pictures so i would do a test on one or try one maybe write on it yourself before going at it, you can buy/order it from chemist even certain high street compelectrical sellers have it now.
sold as cleaning solvent in spray but vchemist get it in bottle liquid form.

Excellent, sounds just like the job!

Will grab some pec12 and give that a bash!

 

[A.N.Other]

Excellent, sounds just like the job!

Will grab some pec12 and give that a bash!

Yeah, just make sure you've got ALL of the images scanned at high res first - obviously, these images are important, so I'd advocate playing on the extremely safe side. Digital recovery might not be too difficult anyway if it doesn't work or goes pear-shaped.

Sorry for your loss! My thoughts go out to you and your family.