Repairing
Repairs are often required to mend torn areas and stabilize the paper support. Working within the principle of “do no harm,” our methods of treatment are reversible.
 In this bound manuscript copy book, the conservator uses a light sheet to illuminate losses from below. The outline of the loss is transcribed onto tissue to perform the mending process. |
 Mending of tears or a loss in the paper is accomplished by applying
precipitated wheat starch paste to long fibered Japanese tissue. |
A pasted strip of mending tissue is applied to the tear |
 Blotters and weights are placed on the new mend to help prevent cockling of the original |
