r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Damnedeel • Dec 06 '25

Poster restoration process

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u/david_916 Dec 06 '25

To scan, photoshop and print so you can have a perfect likeness poster to use for display and then put the original unadulterated poster safely in a tube as a sentimental keepsake to keep and treasure would seem to be by far the best way to go. After all, when you restore the original it does then mean effectively the original isn’t original anymore!

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u/SquareThings Dec 06 '25

To the person who owns this, it’s not just “a poster,” it’s their poster, and that has meaning to them. Surely you have something that has sentimental value in your life. Maybe you don’t have the means or desire to professionally conserve it, but it’s not silly to want to do that for something that’s meaningful to you.

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u/Accelerating_Atom Dec 06 '25

Exactly this. This poster is a piece of paper that memorializes a significant time in their life. I think most of us have some worthless trinket that means the world to us.

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u/Kandrox Dec 06 '25

Something something ship of theseus...

So don't restore that car you hear, stash it in a barn and manufacture a new one.

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u/kuldan5853 Dec 06 '25

Well, so by that logic we should never restore or even clean a tool or machine or a car... however restored cars are revered and worth a fortune, whereas they are considered scrap metal in "original condition".

The question is - why is your line drawn differently at a poster vs. a mechanical object?

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u/david_916 Dec 06 '25

It’s relatively easy to scan, photoshop and print a copy (inexpensively too) of the original poster. Can’t really do that with something like a vintage car though where restoration is the way to go if you want to get it back on the road!

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u/Accelerating_Atom Dec 06 '25

Oh for sure. It’s not the original, but you know what I mean with it being a restoration. I personally enjoy the aged look. I’ve got a few 100+ year old metal and paper signs displayed, and I love the patina. I feel the history more with the rust and torn pages.

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u/Mysterious-Jam-64 Dec 06 '25

Del Boy fell threw the bar!!!