Subject: Adhesive for waterlogged wood
Can anyone recommend a reliable, reversible adhesive suitable for adhering waterlogged timbers that have been treated by the two-stage PEG method, then freeze-dried? Colleagues have mentioned an adhesive system of Dutch origin, but I have had little success so far in tracing this. The timber varies in size and weight, the smallest being approximately a 1 cm cube, the largest 25 cm x 18 cm. High MW PEG has also been suggested as an adhesive, but I have found that this is not as effective as I would like. Mandy Clydesdale AOC Archaeology The Schoolhouse 4 Lochend Road Edinburgh EH6 8BR +44 131 555 4425 Fax: +44 131 555 4426 *** Conservation DistList Instance 13:20 Distributed: Thursday, September 16, 1999 Message Id: cdl-13-20-021 ***Received on Wednesday, 8 September, 1999