Water makes the paper stronger

Is it true ? Yup ! How come ?

Ya, mostly, paper will become breatle, brown, bad smell, etc, because of the acidity.

And, generally, acid can solute in water (soluble in water). We know that the water is a good solvent (pelarut), for many chemics. So, if the acid paper comes into the water, it will be decreased the acidity. and the paper will be better, and stronger.



So, don't be afraid to put your documents / paper into the clean water (normal condition of water, not cold, not hot), if you think that your paper / documents are brown enough. Just put them into the water for about 1 - 2 hour. Put them piece by piece all together in the water. it will be much better if you use the flow water. It means that we rinse them.



But, FIRST OF ALL, we must be sure that the ink on the paper will not solute with the water. (the most hand-writing text/documents use the soluble ink with the water!! be carefull !!)



After rinsing, dry them by using the room temperatur only. No sun-shine directly !



after drying, we must make them flat by using something that has flat surface (i.e : big paper or clean wood) that can give them pressure. Remember that the surface of the flat equipment must be clean and can cover the paper / document well. Let them be like that for about 2 days.



Next, the last, after flatting, we can use them (the document) back, in better condition than before.



Ya, water can strengthen and lengthen the age of your paper/documents.