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Soaking with hot water
What sort of adverse effect would hot water have as opposed to warm
water? I don't mean scalding boiling water but dishwater hot. Or is the problem limited to old stamps only? I've tried it on a few of the newer self sticks and it seems to work just fine. |
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Grandpa wrote:
What sort of adverse effect would hot water have as opposed to warm water? I don't mean scalding boiling water but dishwater hot. Or is the problem limited to old stamps only? I've tried it on a few of the newer self sticks and it seems to work just fine. A kilo of stamps in a zip-up laundry bag in the washing machine with a hot/warm setting produced results that did not inspire confidence. Darn, now you've gotten me thinking of the dishwasher ..... Hmmm! Veeery interethting! lol Seriously though, many years ago when I first started buying kilos on paper from our local Bible House I tried hot water on a lot to get the job over and done quickly - just hot water straight from the tap - and most of the stamps and envelope pieces disintegrated. I have tried hot water recently on mint Canadian self-sticks and they came off without damage leaving the gum sticky and stretchy on the paper. -- Tony Vella in Ottawa, Canada |
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"Tony Vella" wrote in message able.rogers.com... Grandpa wrote: Seriously though, many years ago when I first started buying kilos on paper from our local Bible House I tried hot water on a lot to get the job over and done quickly - just hot water straight from the tap - and most of the stamps and envelope pieces disintegrated. I have tried hot water recently on mint Canadian self-sticks and they came off without damage leaving the gum sticky and stretchy on the paper. Tony, Does the Bible House still sell stamps on paper? Frank |
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Frank Emanuel wrote:
"Tony Vella" wrote in message able.rogers.com... Grandpa wrote: Seriously though, many years ago when I first started buying kilos on paper from our local Bible House I tried hot water on a lot to get the job over and done quickly - just hot water straight from the tap - and most of the stamps and envelope pieces disintegrated. I have tried hot water recently on mint Canadian self-sticks and they came off without damage leaving the gum sticky and stretchy on the paper. Tony, Does the Bible House still sell stamps on paper? Frank Up to the late 70s I collected British Commonwealth and always found lots of stuff in the Bible House bags. Then I got rid of everything and kept only my 3 India binders and didn't buy any more kilos. A friend of mine though was still buying kilos from them not more than 5 years ago. He used to take what he wanted and send the rest in a shoe box to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. HTH. :-) -- Tony Vella in Ottawa, Canada |
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I use very hot water on early Germany and early Canada with excellent
results but watch out for stamps that are printed with water-soluble ink (not all catalogs tell you that which is a shame). Also, don't use very hot water if you are soaking off coloured paper or you are likely to wind up with a bowl of pink / yellow / whatever stamps. Particularly bad are stamps stuck to the type of airmail envelope with red and blue stripes round the outside. -- Cheers - John Mycroft www.agands.com - in beautiful Asheville, NC |
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Thanx, I've found stamps and just about anything red do not like each
otherG, be it cancels or envelopes. I read somewhere one should use cold water for that and to place the stamp face down to minimize the water soaking into the colored envelope. John Mycroft wrote: I use very hot water on early Germany and early Canada with excellent results but watch out for stamps that are printed with water-soluble ink (not all catalogs tell you that which is a shame). Also, don't use very hot water if you are soaking off coloured paper or you are likely to wind up with a bowl of pink / yellow / whatever stamps. Particularly bad are stamps stuck to the type of airmail envelope with red and blue stripes round the outside. |
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Grandpa,
Cold water soaking does the job nicely most of the time. If first you don't succeed then try the luke worm water. There is always the risk of shrinking the paper or damaging the inks when you use hot water. For colored stationary use a sweat box to safely lift the stamps. -a "Grandpa" jsdebooATcomcast.net wrote in message ... What sort of adverse effect would hot water have as opposed to warm water? I don't mean scalding boiling water but dishwater hot. Or is the problem limited to old stamps only? I've tried it on a few of the newer self sticks and it seems to work just fine. |
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