How do you separate pictures that have been wet?

Question: How do you separate pictures that have been wet!?

hurricane ike kicked our butts here on the island and took almost all we had!. i saved lots of photos but they are all stuck togather!. is there anyone who knows of a way to seperate the pics without them rippping and being destroyed!?!. thanks to all RoyWww@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Sorry to say, there is no one sure fire way to separate stuck prints!.

The emulsion is like glue when wet, then dried again, it it really tenacious stuff!.!.

Sometimes a warm soak with liquid dish washing detergent sometimes helps!. It makes water wetter and helps release things!. Too long of a soak tho and you can actually soak the emulsion right off the paper!.!.

Another way is to use a Kodak chemical use in darkrooms called Photo Flo!. It too makes water wetter and is used to keep water streaks off drying film when processed!.

Again, a warm soak with a few caps of this stuff and during the day some may stat to peal off like the layers of a head of lettuce!.!.

Hopefully others may have different ideas here but what I have found in the past is, some can be saved, but a lot will for ever live in the memory !.!.

Sorry guy, glad YOUR OK tho!.!. New pics can be taken and new memories made!. Live long and prosper!.!.

Bob - TucsonWww@QuestionHome@Com

Soak them again!.

Now you too see that in catastrophe's the second most missed thing besides loved ones is memories!.!.!.!. photos!.

Pretty amazing to discover!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

lensmen2 has it right - the only thing i can add is - don't force them apartWww@QuestionHome@Com