Bakelite

Hildegard Heine <hildegard_heine [at] hotmail__com> writes

>I am looking urgently for information about 'bakelite'. Has anybody
>experiences in identification, conservation and restoration of this
>early plastic?...

I found that the book below is the most recent one on conservation
of early plastics.The information is well laid out, and the price
very friendly (UKP12.99)

    Quye,A. & Williamson,C. (ed) (1999)
    Plastics Collecting and Conserving
    NMS Publishing Limited, Edinburgh ISBN 1-901663-124

Peppy Tsakri
Conservation Science
postgraduate student
De Montfort University, UK


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