Hi, all,

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to remove the stain and smell
from paper without damaging the paper or what's printed on it?

Some of the people who may still be around from a few years ago (if any)
might recall that I have been on disability for perhaps 10 years or so.
About 5 years or so ago, soon after D.J. arrived, he found and placed
his mark on some of the original papers relating to the disability
claim. At the time, I hung the papers out in the utility room to dry and
figured I'd figure out what to do with them later. Well, recently a
problem with my disability claim has arisen and I may need to produce
those papers. D.J. is no longer with us, but the stain and smell are
still on those papers. Can anyone suggest any way to remove them or at
least make them less noticeable without damaging the printing? As I
said, some of these are the original papers I received back then, so I
can't just make photocopies and throw the smelly ones away, as they may
want me to be able to produce the originals. I thought of having those
dozen or so sheets that are stained and smelly laminated in hopes that
the plastic would keep the smell in at least, but then realized that
they may object to that, as laminating could possibly be used to keep
the papers from being examined too closely and so could be used to hide
alterations, and if I do need to make photocopies (which I very well
might), the plastic sometimes causes reflections when one tries to
photocopy a laminated document which makes the copy, or at least parts
of it, hard to read. So I'm back to needing to remove as much of the
urine stain and smell as I can without damaging the document.
Fortunately, the worst of the stain seems to be mainly in the margins
rather than right on top of the printing.

So, has anyone else ever had this problem and found a solution? If not,
any suggestions?

TIA.

--Ronn! :) and Midnight =^.^= , Spot (1992—96), Andy (1989—99), and D.J.
(1994±1?—2003)