Re: [frameconnews] - coroplast

[Sue Maltby <smaltby@chass.utoronto.ca>]

Don't mean to be picky but Coroplast is polypropylene.  It is great stuff 
& comes in a variety of colours & thicknesses.  We highly recommend using 
it as a backing board for canvas paintings.

Susan L. Maltby, Conservator
smaltby@chass.utoronto.ca


> > If I may interject,
archival corrugated cardboard (the blue variety 
> that you may have seen)  and Coroplast, an extruded polyethylene 
> product are good alternatives for foamcore.
> 
> 
> >Hello Kenneth,
> >What is your opinion of acid free foamcore?
> >I guess you use a product other than foamcore as a backing.
> >What would you suggest?
> >Cheers,
> >Patrick O'Leary
> >Icon Frames
> >, ----- Original Message -----
> >From: <bahasa@aol.com>
> >To: <frameconnews@egroups.com>
> >Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 2:16 AM
> >Subject: Re: [frameconnews]
> >
> >
> >>  In a message dated 10/25/00 13:01:13 Central Standard Time,
> >>  cordie@u.washington.edu writes:
> >>
> >>  << Another artist that we represent,
> >>   Christopher Brown, paints on an archival paper, such as Arches paper,
> >>   which is then mounted onto an acid-free backing board. >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  Hello Cordelia!
> >>
> >>  Is the backing board Mr. Brown uses rag/alphacellulose or foamcore? We
> >must
> >>  remember that foamcore still has styrene in the middle and over time it
> >does
> >>  break down releasing deleterious gases.
> >  >
> >  > Kenneth Brooks  FACTS  AFC
> >  > Integrity Framing & Art Gallery
> >  > Wichita Falls, TX 76309
> >  >
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> >  >
> >  >
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> 
> George Cannon
> Preparator
> Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
> Cornell University
> Ithaca, NY 14853
> 607-254-4617
> gwc4@cornell.edu
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