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How-To: Weather paper for prop documents

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By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

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November 17, 2010, 9:48 am PST

Tea-staining is the standard darkening method, but Propnomicon’s trick for producing an ancient, time-worn ragged edge is simple, looks great, and is one I hadn’t heard of before.

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