How to Preserve a Newspaper Cutting

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Place a milk of magnesia tablet into one litre of soda water.

   The dish should be large enough to allow the newspaper cutting to sit flat without folding, bending, or creasing. , Leave for one hour. , Carefully pick up the cutting with tongs or something similar and pat dry between two sides of a clean towel. , Laying it on a wire cooling rack is a good drying spot.
   
   Do not touch the cutting until it is completely dry.
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   Step 2: Leave the tablet to dissolve in the water overnight.

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   Step 3: Put the newspaper cutting onto a flat dish.

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   Step 4: Pour the liquid over the cutting.

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   Step 5: Gently pour off the liquid.

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   Step 6: Allow to dry completely.

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