Removing nicotine from pictures
Anyone who smokes in the apartment quickly recognizes that the nicotine is a yellow film on practically everything. To learn how to remove discoloration from images, click here.
What you need:
- Panama shavings / soap bark from the pharmacy
- water
- key
- bucket
- Rag
- Newsprint
If you are wondering about the ingredient 'soap bark', it will immediately dawn on you: you need soapy water and a very high quality one to clean the nicotine from the pictures. At best, this is obtained from soap bark, which is also known as 'panama shavings'.
Make soapy water to get rid of the nicotine
- So first go to the pharmacy and ask about soap bark. A few grams are enough for your lye.
- Then fill a bowl with warm water and add the shavings. Cover the bowl. Let the mixture stand overnight.
- The next day, a thick, slimy mass will have formed. This mass is called soap extract.
- Now take the shavings out of the mass and put a small handful of the goo in a bucket of warm water. And you already have very high quality soapy water!
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Remove the nicotine film from the pictures
- Dip a clean rag in the soapy water and wring it out well.
- Wipe the affected images with the rag. If necessary, repeat the curtain several times.
- Then wipe the frame with a dry piece of newspaper - this will prevent streaking.
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