How to correct a mimeograph stencil

Correcting mistakes on a mimeograph stencil is not difficult if you do it immediately. Careful corrections on a mimeograph stencil will not be noticed on the printed copies.

Here are the materials needed to correct a mimeograph stencil:

• Stencil correction fluid
• Masking tape (optional)

Here are some guidelines to follow when you correct a mimeograph stencil:

• Slightly flatten wax around an error by carefully rubbing over it with something firm and smooth like the rounded end of a paper clip. Apply enough stencil correction fluid to fill in the error and to rewax the stencil.

  Tips:

  Correct one letter at a time, using only one upward stroke. Illustration Be careful that correction fluid doesn't seep through the stencil and stick to anything underneath. Keep the stencil from touching anything under it by inserting a pencil or something between the stencil and the surface. Illustration

• Use masking tape to cover major mistakes

  Caution:

  You cannot make further corrections through the tape, though, and this area will be unusable.

• Task module: How to correct a mimeograph stencil
• In task module: Preparing mimeograph stencils
• In task module: Using a silk-screen printer
• In task module: Printing literacy materials
• In task module: Producing printed materials, by Anne Klaassens (contributor), Robin Rempel (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor, contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), Diane Wroge (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Developing instructional materials, by Trudy K. Stewart, Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt (contributor)
• In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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