Comments on: How to soak kiloware – kitchensink philately basics http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/how-to-soak-kiloware-basics.php Amazing true stories from the life of ordinary stamp collector Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:52:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Keijo http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/how-to-soak-kiloware-basics.php#comment-6907 Keijo Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:31:04 +0000 http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/?p=1371#comment-6907 @Andrew...wow. This was highly interesting story. Didn't know about that kind of use of salt, but it does make a lot of sense. @Andrew…wow. This was highly interesting story. Didn’t know about that kind of use of salt, but it does make a lot of sense.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/how-to-soak-kiloware-basics.php#comment-6903 Andrew Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:49:36 +0000 http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/?p=1371#comment-6903 Keijo, for health reasons we gave up using salt in cooking. We have not bought salt since 1990 something (Latest research now tells me we are wasting our time, eating bland food with no salt) except for a 2.5 Kg. bag which went into the sink with about 20 litres of water. NOT for stamps, I hasten to add. My wife is into crafts, Knitting sewing and this sort of thing. Having retired, she now goes to college and one part of the course she was learning about dying material, especially wool. After the material has been dyed, it is put into the salt bath to "fix" the dye. This sets it at the required colour and stops it from "running" when washed. This is very old in the cloth making world, so putting a little in stamp soaking water may help. Why it works, or how it works, I do not know, but with cloth, it does. Keijo, for health reasons we gave up using salt in cooking. We have not bought salt since 1990 something (Latest research now tells me we are wasting our time, eating bland food with no salt) except for a 2.5 Kg. bag which went into the sink with about 20 litres of water. NOT for stamps, I hasten to add. My wife is into crafts, Knitting sewing and this sort of thing. Having retired, she now goes to college and one part of the course she was learning about dying material, especially wool. After the material has been dyed, it is put into the salt bath to “fix” the dye. This sets it at the required colour and stops it from “running” when washed. This is very old in the cloth making world, so putting a little in stamp soaking water may help. Why it works, or how it works, I do not know, but with cloth, it does.

]]> By: Keijo http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/how-to-soak-kiloware-basics.php#comment-6830 Keijo Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:01:29 +0000 http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/?p=1371#comment-6830 @Carol... Thanks for reminding about red US cancellations. I totally forgot them (though just few nights ago I soaked few of them). Not sure if many know this, but adding some salt to the water when soaking slows some colors from running. Not sure how or why it works, but it does. ... Some (but not me) also put a small drip of (white) vinegar into cleanup (cold) water - it brightens up the colors. @Dave Williams <blockquote>...do not curl nearly as much as with newspaper</blockquote> It all depends on the quality of pulp used by newspaper. There's paper, and then there's 'paper'. If the paper feels "cheap", then it's usually not practical. It will simply absorb all the moisture and remains wet for extended periods (causing stamps to bulge etc). Most freebie papers use this quality; it's not good at all. If the paper feels "expensive", then it's usually not practical either. It will simply defy from absorbing excess moisture, and everything is left afloat with stamps (causing stamps to curl etc). Again, not what we're after. So the right kind of paper/pulp is somewhere in between these two ends. That said, I see no harm in use of shammy, micro cloth etc. They are equally good, if not even better method. @Carol… Thanks for reminding about red US cancellations. I totally forgot them (though just few nights ago I soaked few of them).

Not sure if many know this, but adding some salt to the water when soaking slows some colors from running. Not sure how or why it works, but it does. … Some (but not me) also put a small drip of (white) vinegar into cleanup (cold) water – it brightens up the colors.

@Dave Williams

…do not curl nearly as much as with newspaper

It all depends on the quality of pulp used by newspaper. There’s paper, and then there’s ‘paper’.

If the paper feels “cheap”, then it’s usually not practical. It will simply absorb all the moisture and remains wet for extended periods (causing stamps to bulge etc). Most freebie papers use this quality; it’s not good at all.

If the paper feels “expensive”, then it’s usually not practical either. It will simply defy from absorbing excess moisture, and everything is left afloat with stamps (causing stamps to curl etc). Again, not what we’re after.

So the right kind of paper/pulp is somewhere in between these two ends.

That said, I see no harm in use of shammy, micro cloth etc. They are equally good, if not even better method.

]]> By: Dave Williams http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/how-to-soak-kiloware-basics.php#comment-6827 Dave Williams Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:00:05 +0000 http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/?p=1371#comment-6827 Hi Keijo: I have recently started to use a product called Sham-wow which is a shammy like product made in Germany. I take the stamps out of the water and place them face down on a piece of the material that will accomodate about 40-50 stamps. I find that the stamps dry quickly and do not curl nearly as much as with newspaper. The stamps will dry in about two or three hours and then I press them under a heavy book overnight. By the morning they are ready to go in my stockbooks which I use for my collection. Hi Keijo:
I have recently started to use a product called Sham-wow which is a shammy like product made in Germany. I take the stamps out of the water and place them face down on a piece of the material that will accomodate about 40-50 stamps. I find that the stamps dry quickly and do not curl nearly as much as with newspaper. The stamps will dry in about two or three hours and then I press them under a heavy book overnight. By the morning they are ready to go in my stockbooks which I use for my collection.

]]> By: Carol Ligda-Wong http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/how-to-soak-kiloware-basics.php#comment-6825 Carol Ligda-Wong Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:03:49 +0000 http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/?p=1371#comment-6825 On USA stamps, red cancellations often bleed when soaked. The purple ink on the 15¢ Edith Wharton stamp is unstable. Soak as briefly as you can in cold water to get the paper and gum off without tearing the stamp. On USA stamps, red cancellations often bleed when soaked. The purple ink on the 15¢ Edith Wharton stamp is unstable. Soak as briefly as you can in cold water to get the paper and gum off without tearing the stamp.

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