Colored paper txfr update #2

[Grandpa]

OK, tried hydrogen peroxide (3%) for half an hour with a wet stamp that
had been in the boiling water and one that had not. Neither were
successful. The HP did absolutely nothing to either of them.

- Next -

I cleaned the bowl, a regular small soup or cereal bowl, added a half
inch of warm water and one full teaspoon of clorox. BINGO! The stain
came out of the 2 that had been in HP in maybe 3 minutes. I rinsed them
well in clean water first then into the clorox solution. I added 2 more
dry ones with a small amount of red bleeding on them. One of the 2 that
had been in the HP had heavy red distinct lines on it, must have been
the one on the paper (an Xmas stamp, of course - duhhhhh...). It came
out too & looks great.

I added the last 3 I had that were stained, 2 lightly and one heavily.
Must have been against the paper on the other side as maybe 80% of it is
stained red. They have been in for 5 minutes at the most and I'm going
to rinse them now as there is no red to be seen to the naked eye anyway
except for the last heaving stained one.

- pausing -

They rinsed off great and are now drying. Paper does not seem to have
been affected and there was absolutely no degredation of the colors on
the stamps that I can see. All are newer stamps, 2869d, 2871, 2877,
2916 and the jury is still out on the heavily stained 2843 but after 15
minutes its looking better, not clean but better so I'll leave it for a
bit and see what happens. I added the one that had appeared to be clean
from the boiling water too as I could still see a trace of red on it
when the light hit just right.

- Conclusion -

Clorox/water takes the red stain out of newer stamps and so far does not
appear to have damaged the stamp or its original colors in the least.
I'm sure further experimentation should be undertaken and from my
limited knowledge so far assume this may not work on old stamps that
have different ink or whaterev on them, but for the newer stuff it looks
great.

Shoot, this is slicker than snot on a door knob, or as Dolly Parton once
said "...slicker than cat shit on a linoleum floor".

[Grandpa]

I took the last stamp and stuck it for 40 minutes in 2 teaspoons of
straight clorox. Stain came out and all else looks well. The proof is
in the pudding, like when it dries.

[Tracy Barber]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:29:01 -0600, Grandpa <jsdebooATcomcast.net>
wrote:

Watch it Grandpa, we have KIDS reading this newsgroup - or so they
keep telling me. :^)

Tracy Barber