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I too once had that problem, but came up with a solutions that works fairly well. I thought I would demonstrate my method in case it was of use to others and then add this as a link to Theresa's demo thread.
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After all the experimenting I did not so long ago, this small block is all that I had left for the demo, but it will do for now.
Find a container large enough to lay the stamp block in. This tub works for me.
Fill it with about half inch of water. Trick here is not to have the water too deep. Add to the bottom a piece of cloth. I find that a clean hanky generally does the trick, but it must be big enough to catch the stamps.
Put the stamp block on paper face down on top of the water and leave. The stamps will fall off the paper and land on the cloth. This is why the water should be as shallow as possible as when the stamps float off, you want as little stress as possible on the perforations.
Once the stamps have separated, take the paper away.
Lift the cloth with the stamps out of the water and put onto your favorite drying towel. Being a small block I was able to do this myself. For larger sheetlets, get someone to help you with this step. Leave to dry. This step will take longer than the normal drying of stamps as you will be drying the cloth as well.
Once dry, the perforations are strong enough to handle the block of stamps.
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I am going to give that a try. Seems like a very logical way to go about soaking.
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So the Moral Of The Story is: "don't go floating without a net"?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey (whose has seen his fingertips poke thru the perforations of too many multiples)
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Simple genius! Thanks for sharing your idea
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Great technique! I'm ready to try it if I could just remember where I stashed those two manila folders of large blocks on paper. They must be here somewhere.
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A salvaged baking tray will be better
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"So the Moral Of The Story is: "don't go floating without a net"?"
That sums it up in one sentence, but you can't make an interesting post complete with multiple pictures with one sentence!
"A salvaged baking tray will be better"
I was just grabbing anything at hand, my ice-cream containers were too small so I upended that tub and used that. Biscuit tray or the like, the tub's lid etc, all you need is about an inch of height. One thing about the tub though, you can fill it in the laundry and move it without sloshing everywhere. Of course, you could be using a jug to fill it also.
"I am going to give that a try."
A couple of comments like this. Let us know how you go. Remember, you might need a hand to get them out once floated off.
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I absolutely hate soaking stamps off paper, and do so only on very rare occasions. I will use your technique the next time I do venture into my next soaking episode.
Great tip!
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"I absolutely hate soaking stamps off paper, and do so only on very rare occasions. I will use your technique the next time I do venture into my next soaking episode."
I only do this for the awkward blocks and sheetlets. For the most part, I just use a small ice cream container and a towel folded to a pad of 6 inch square. Once that pad is a bit wet, you put a difficult stamp upside down on it, the dampness holds the stamp while you peel off the paper using tongs to help hold the stamp. Then pick up the stamp with the tongs and put onto the drying towel.
I find it is a good summer job when it is too hot to work in the garden and you want something mundane to kill the time.
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I had a nice little visit the other day by Brian (snowy12). During the conversation a comment arose that sheetlets, minisheets, large blocks etc were hard to float off due to them tearing along the perforations in the water.
I too once had that problem, but came up with a solutions that works fairly well. I thought I would demonstrate my method in case it was of use to others and then add this as a link to Theresa's demo thread.
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After all the experimenting I did not so long ago, this small block is all that I had left for the demo, but it will do for now.
Find a container large enough to lay the stamp block in. This tub works for me.
Fill it with about half inch of water. Trick here is not to have the water too deep. Add to the bottom a piece of cloth. I find that a clean hanky generally does the trick, but it must be big enough to catch the stamps.
Put the stamp block on paper face down on top of the water and leave. The stamps will fall off the paper and land on the cloth. This is why the water should be as shallow as possible as when the stamps float off, you want as little stress as possible on the perforations.
Once the stamps have separated, take the paper away.
Lift the cloth with the stamps out of the water and put onto your favorite drying towel. Being a small block I was able to do this myself. For larger sheetlets, get someone to help you with this step. Leave to dry. This step will take longer than the normal drying of stamps as you will be drying the cloth as well.
Once dry, the perforations are strong enough to handle the block of stamps.
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re: damichab's Guide to Floating Off Blocks and Sheetlets
I am going to give that a try. Seems like a very logical way to go about soaking.
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re: damichab's Guide to Floating Off Blocks and Sheetlets
So the Moral Of The Story is: "don't go floating without a net"?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey (whose has seen his fingertips poke thru the perforations of too many multiples)
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re: damichab's Guide to Floating Off Blocks and Sheetlets
Simple genius! Thanks for sharing your idea
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09:59:57am
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Great technique! I'm ready to try it if I could just remember where I stashed those two manila folders of large blocks on paper. They must be here somewhere.
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re: damichab's Guide to Floating Off Blocks and Sheetlets
A salvaged baking tray will be better
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re: damichab's Guide to Floating Off Blocks and Sheetlets
"So the Moral Of The Story is: "don't go floating without a net"?"
That sums it up in one sentence, but you can't make an interesting post complete with multiple pictures with one sentence!
"A salvaged baking tray will be better"
I was just grabbing anything at hand, my ice-cream containers were too small so I upended that tub and used that. Biscuit tray or the like, the tub's lid etc, all you need is about an inch of height. One thing about the tub though, you can fill it in the laundry and move it without sloshing everywhere. Of course, you could be using a jug to fill it also.
"I am going to give that a try."
A couple of comments like this. Let us know how you go. Remember, you might need a hand to get them out once floated off.
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I absolutely hate soaking stamps off paper, and do so only on very rare occasions. I will use your technique the next time I do venture into my next soaking episode.
Great tip!
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re: damichab's Guide to Floating Off Blocks and Sheetlets
"I absolutely hate soaking stamps off paper, and do so only on very rare occasions. I will use your technique the next time I do venture into my next soaking episode."
I only do this for the awkward blocks and sheetlets. For the most part, I just use a small ice cream container and a towel folded to a pad of 6 inch square. Once that pad is a bit wet, you put a difficult stamp upside down on it, the dampness holds the stamp while you peel off the paper using tongs to help hold the stamp. Then pick up the stamp with the tongs and put onto the drying towel.
I find it is a good summer job when it is too hot to work in the garden and you want something mundane to kill the time.
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