Please Help: Reattaching Word Balloons

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Gentlemen,

 

Could someone in the community please offer me some advice on attaching a loose word balloon? I recently purchased a piece of original comic art from 1984 (a beautiful Bill Sienkiewicz New Mutants piece) on which one of the word balloons has come loose. It appears that the age of the piece rendered the adhesive it was affixed to inert.

 

I would like to reattach this balloon, but am concerned about doing long-term damage to the piece. Would anyone have any suggestions on the best way to do this?

 

Thanks for your time,

 

carlos a.s. lising

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[chrisco37]

I've always just used a glue stick.

 

I have one page that has had a balloon fall off numerous times. So, I'm not sure if the glue stick is really the best fix. But, the art has not been damaged by it.

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Chrisco,

 

Thanks for your advice!

 

I'd like to hear if anyone else has had a more "permanent" fix to the problem before I go ahead and go with the glue stick (besides, I'm terrible with those things, anyway). Anyone else have any input?

 

 

Thanks again,

 

Antithesis

[Ares]

Good luck with it

I have Issues with one page and the stat on it is coming loose

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Ares,

 

If I get something in the way of definitive advice, I'll be sure to let you know!!!

 

Antithesis

[NelsonAI]

You may want to make sure any glue you use is "acid free" and safe for archival purposes. There are a lot of products that advertise safe for archival purposes but I would check with an experienced salesperson in an art store.

 

It should prevent "yellowing" in the future after you reattach the word balloon.

 

Cheers!

N.

 

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N,

 

Thanks! It just so happens that my wife works at a craft superstore, so I'm familiar with acid and lignin-free products through her. I just wondered, I suppose, whether there was an "industry-standard" manner of performing the task that I was unaware of. I'm relatively new to the OA collecting hobby and so a lot of these things, I've yet to learn.

 

Thanks again for your advice!

 

Antithesis

[wca140]

Talas art supply in Brooklyn NY is a great source for archival supplies they operate primarily by mail order.

 

this is part of their mission/story statement:

"Established in 1962 by Elaine and Herbert Haas, Talas became the first company in the US to serve the museum and library community with hand bookbinding and conservation supplies."

 

http://talasonline.com

 

Here is their adhesives catalog page, they probably will have some good advice if contacted.

 

http://apps.webcreate.com/ecom/catalog/category_listing.cfm?ClientID=15&CategoryTLID=55

 

Hope this helps!

Best

Lee

 

 

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Lee,

 

Thanks for your help! I'll talk to my wife and them...between them, I should be able to come up with a good solution!

 

 

Antithesis

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N,

 

Thanks! It just so happens that my wife works at a craft superstore, so I'm familiar with acid and lignin-free products through her. I just wondered, I suppose, whether there was an "industry-standard" manner of performing the task that I was unaware of. I'm relatively new to the OA collecting hobby and so a lot of these things, I've yet to learn.

 

Thanks again for your advice!

 

Antithesis

 

Let's put it this way, ANY reasonable quality glue you use now will be much better for the art that the glue they used back in the 1980's!

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B,

 

Excellent point--and one my wife made to me after I discussed the matter with her the other day. I'll keep you guys informed as to what ends up happening!!!

 

Antithesis