As I was introducting myself to the ..."joys".... 
of scanning cels and building web pages, I fought 
with many a stuck sketch.  Two thoughts came to 
mine.

1) I wonder if the reason that most Tenchi cels do 
not come with matching sketches is because the 
cels were improperly stored by the studio, and so 
most of the matching sketches were destroyed when 
removed?  An awful lot of my older Tenchi's have a 
layer of shredded, stuck paper just the image.

2) Some of my cels have an extra layer of black 
paint behind the image.  Is this to protect the 
original paint from "stuck sketch" damage?  The 
black paint always looks like it was quickly 
applied, and it stays well within the lines of the 
 original image.  Has anyone seen a pattern as to 
which cels are more likely to have this protective 
paint layer?

Does anyone have anything to add?

Oh, and so far, I like TK's idea of wetting a 
sketch for easy removal the best!  ^_^

JP