More oldened paper.
Hope again to be useful to anybody.
UPDATE: Uploaded the full-size version for those who need it bigger.
NOTE: I will not reply normally here, but quite surely will comment in the deviation you used it. Anyway, be patient, I have not much time recently, so it can take a pair of weeks.
TX-001-OldPaper-01 
I like this one better.TX-001-OldPaper-02 (This one)
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(This is stock, BUT the most of my gallery is NOT).
You can get this stock freely, but please be nice and credit me (refering to my
[link] site) and leave a link so I can take a look at what you've done with it. I am curious.
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Oldened paper.
Explanation about how I did it (taken from a talk with ~
diminuta ):
Well, I just grabbed a normal new A4 80g/m^2 sheet, one of those for xerox purpose and I followed an oldening process:
1) Rub the paper with sand-paper, just to erode it, specially the corners.
2) Impregnate it well with hot tea.(Like Amelie). With a thick brush I added more in some points. I let it dry and, from time to time, I added some more tea here and there.
3) I folded up some corners and somewhere else.
4) Dry it in the microwave (yes, the microwave). It makes the paper a little stiff. (And, obviously, dries fast)
5) Scan.
6) Submit.
I made it to some sheets to send a little curious letter.
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Papel envejecido.
Explicación en español (sacada de una conversación con ~
diminuta ):
Pues cogí un folio A4 nuevecito de 80g/m^2 de los de fotocopia de toda la vida y lo sometí a un proceso de envejecimiento:
1) Rascado suave con lija, para erosionarlo y gastarlo, sobre todo algunas esquinas.
2) Con té caliente, lo impregné bien, bien. (Como Amelie). Con un pincel grueso le di más en algunas zonas. Fui dejando secar y de vez en cuando, le añadí a más en algunas zonas.
3) Doblado de algunas partes.
4) Secado en microondas (sí,sí, en microondas o en horno). Eso hace que se reseque algo el papel y adquiera cierta cualidad "acartonada", algo rígida. (Y, obviamente, seca rá
ido)
5) Escanear.
6) Subir.
Lo hice con varios folios para mandar una carta un poco curiosa.
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It's quite easy to do. You just need a little patience because of the drying time. You will need to dry partially and add more tea if you want it so dark as I did. The clearer, the faster. Mmm... maybe I should try with coffee too.
Anyway, this is perfect for very special things, like the letters I made this for.
Enjoy (and don't blow up the house LOL).
It was used for a simple photograph here.