First, scan the image through the glass so you’ll have a (less sharp) computer backup. If a photo has stuck to a frame’s glass, things get a bit, well, stickier. Shake off the excess water, place each picture image-side up on a stack of paper towels, and weigh down the edges to prevent curling. (A long exposure to water may cause distortion.) Remove, then gently pull apart with your fingers, or slide a thin silicone spatula between them. The following technique can be risky, so save it for everyday snapshots, not wedding photos! Place stuck pictures in room-temperature distilled water (sold at grocery stores) for 20 to 30 minutes image-side up, so you can monitor them. They can be separated again only by adding moisture and softening the gelatin, says Peter Mustardo, a New York City–based photo conservator who has worked for the National Archives, in Washington, D.C. Photos stick together because the gelatin coating acts like glue when exposed to moisture. Resist the temptation to separate photographs by hand. Can I unstick them without destroying them?Ī. I recently moved and discovered some of my photos are practically glued together. I just couldn’t toss the stack so I found this article on separating pictures online from the Real Simple Magazine. The above stack alone is stiff as a board, and I can see just by the edges of the pictures that my dad and his wife are in one, my grandmother in another, some long past family in others. I decided it was time to sort those photos and found stacks of stuck together photographs. You gather them up, put them back and seal it shut. Fast forward to moving day and my husband picking up the plastic box by the handle only to have the lid come unfastened and all the 500 pictures this plastic photo carrier was suppose to hold were now laying, all mixed up on the street. While this was a great concept in theory it also meant if no one else was going to be interested in them, that now your pile of pictures is twice as high will lots of doubles. (my grandkkids would call this the dark ages) You had the option often times to get double prints so you could share pictures with family and friends. Back in the day where you actually sent film in to be developed.
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