Re: [AV Media Matters] stuck on sticking

[smolians@erols.com]

Please understand this was not my assertion- rather it was to reflect the
attitude toward permanence reflected in the labeling industry's use of this
term for a product with so short a reliabe duration.

I recall being shown a film storage vault many years ago at LC where the
odor of vinegar was all-pervasive and film can labels were coiled on the
floor like a paper snake pit.  Which brings up the issue of testing labels
(not for CDs, one hopes) for adhesion in an atmosphere with a strong acetic
acid component.

Steve Smolian

-----Original Message-----
From: mha@durab.com <mha@durab.com>
To: AV-Media-Matters@topica.com <AV-Media-Matters@topica.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 9:48 AM
Subject: [AV Media Matters] stuck on sticking

>The assertion that labels lasting 2 years are considered permanent is
highly
>questionable.  While I have no experience with labels on CDs, from my
>experience with shelf location labels in archives and records centres,
>longevity is not a problem with good quality paper labels.  The important
>part of the process seems to be getting good adhesion.  In setting up a
>storage facility with over 20,000 location labels, we scuffed the painted
>surface (heat cured paint) with steel wool.  Nine years later absolutely no
>label loss.  (I admit to early stage concerns about coming in some morning
>and finding 20,000 labels floating down to the floor).
>
>Another example of good label life and adhesion is the annual vehicle
>license plate stickers and fuel tax stickers on trucks.  These are applied
>winter and summer.  They survive extreme heat and cold, extensive direct
>exposure to sun light, bumps into snow banks, car washes etc.
>
>The label industry has quite a good track record for durability in many
>environments much harsher than an archives.
>
>Mark Hopkins + Associates
>28 Warland Avenue
>Toronto ON M4J 3G2 CANADA
>tel: 416-421-5369
>fax: 416-421-7788
>e-mail: mha@durab.com
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