How do I preserve this stinky turtle carapace? [more inside]
posted by txmon on Nov 27, 2012 - 6 answers

I need your best salsa recipes suitable for canning. [more inside]
posted by sararah on Aug 7, 2012 - 6 answers

I have a few thousand pages of documentation I'd like to digitize and organize, eventually making a series of PDFs out of them. Can you help me make this task less painful? [more inside]
posted by subject_verb_remainder on Apr 5, 2012 - 8 answers

In about two weeks time, Stockholm city will cut down one of the oldest oak trees in the city. How to preserve a leaf? [more inside]
posted by three blind mice on Oct 17, 2011 - 11 answers

I have a TwinLock Crown binder made in the UK dating from 1950. I would very much like to open it, remove the pages, scan them, and replace them. However, although it looks like it can be opened, the binding mechanism is entirely obscured by the binding itself. There is a metal tab at the top near the front, but it doesn't seem to move, and I'm hesitant to put pressure on it since I don't know in what direction that pressure should be applied, and I'd rather leave it closed than break it. How can I do this; is it even possible? [more inside]
posted by Devoidoid on Aug 3, 2011 - 3 answers

My family has a collection of 35 lantern slides dating from the 1880-90's. They are black & white photographic images, with some handcolored. They are in reasonably good condition and I would like to somehow transfer them into a digital format. Is it OK to lay these on a scanner, or will strong light exposure risk damaging the slide images? Is there a better way to photograph or reproduce the images? [more inside]
posted by amusebuche on Apr 28, 2011 - 12 answers

A large hardcover collection of Little Nemo comic strips I bought cheaply turned out to be very valuable. What's the best way to preserve it so, if I decide to sell it, its still worth its full value? I live in a small apartment full of dust and bugs. I currently have it on a top bookshelf sitting in a plastic bag.
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn on Mar 23, 2011 - 6 answers

I'm looking for tips and best practices for scanning the contents of my grandmother's scrapbook. [more inside]
posted by rtha on Sep 26, 2009 - 3 answers

Another "safe to eat" question, this one about tofu. [more inside]
posted by zadcat on May 31, 2009 - 15 answers

How should I store these 20-year old cassette tapes with historic value? [more inside]
posted by typewriter on Apr 9, 2008 - 9 answers

I got a lamb skull from the supermarket (complete with meat) and I'm looking for the best way to remove all the non-bone parts and then preserve the bone for an art project. [more inside]
posted by andoatnp on Aug 12, 2007 - 19 answers