Phytate - Sequence of treament steps

Birgit Reissland, Karin Scheper and Sabine Fleischer (2007)

The following steps are necessary in the prescribed sequence to carry out a complete calcium phytate / calcium bicarbonate treatment including sizing and mending:

 

• Preparation of a rigid support
• Pre-wetting with Ethanol
• Treatment* with water
• Treatment* with calcium phytate
• Treatment* with water
• Treatment* with calcium bicarbonate
• Pre-drying
• Surface sizing with gelatine
• Mending of tears
• Drying

 

* Treatment steps that involve aqueous solutions can be carried out as immersion or as suction table treatment.