Need some authentic looking old paper for that Bizarre Magick performance you're preparing?
By: Christopher Cross
Just wondering if any of you were aware of some good ways to age
paper? If so I would greatly appreciate it if you could pass your
knolege on.
By: mike
Soak it or pour tea on it. Works great.
By: Paul W. Draper
For color, soak it in dark tea
for brittleness cook the sheet (wet) in the oven untill it drys
For yellowing out in in the back of a car in the sun for a month
for a "dirty" look soak it in powder hot chocolate
for a shine , cook egg whiteon it in the oven
for a fun dark red splatter cook katchup and a1 sause on it in the microwave
Think about dripping colored sealing wax on it.
for actuall old shets for special props, buy old books from a used book store - books from the 1920's tend to have two or three blank pages in the frount and back
for smell rub some violin reson on them or buy the age smell spray that Brother shadow sells.
By: Magic Mike
Touch it up with a candle to make it even older and I always used
coffee instead of tea.
By: FalgahBoy
I don't know where this method was first published, but Ron Bauer
describes an interesting method in his "Sudden Death Gypsy Curse"
manuscript, involving coffee grounds and a microwave. The procedure is
done to some parchment paper, and it results in a very ancient looking
swatch of paper.
By: Ichazod
I soak mine in coffee & then tea, letting it dry in the oven in
between.Then I soak it in tea with a little bit of yellow food
coloring, works great!
By: Black Ice
Fresh ink on aged paper sort of ruins the effect, so
if what you want calls for writing or drawings on the paper, you'll
want to do that before you age the paper. Besides, it's easier to
write on fresh flat paper than the warped and sometimes brittle paper
that results from the aging process.
You'll want to experiment a bit, as some inks fade a bit too much, while others look too fresh, even after treatment. Some inks will run a bit too much and obliterate necessary details.
I used to make "authentic" treasure maps using strong tea and repeated treatments, but this thread is giving me some really good tips should I need to do something similar in the future.
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