SLAIGAT: Using strong chemicals to clean photos
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008SLAGIAT = “Seemed like a good idea at the time.”
In the past, conservators used poisons like cyanide and arsenic (!) to kill insects and other pests. Even though they didn’t always work. Eeeek. After apologizing for preaching to the converted, a conservator on a professional email list had this to say:
More than one of the [...]

