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In an attempt to clarify my previous question, I offer this: If a piece in a collection appears to be at risk from handling such as a powdering silk, and remains at risk from the existing mount (say due to acid migration from adhesive or wood backing) can a silk be consolidated as a layer and lifted while still preserving the integrity of the piece? A system involving non-competing solvents, similar to what is used by painting conservators, could be used as a means of consolidating and transferring a deteriorated silk to a new substrate. Mary accurately synthesized the problem "...with silk, both systems would probably have to be non-aqueous (low surface tension to smoosh through without disturbing the appearance) and polymerize in place/set in place, without sticking to the front of the glass, if you did it from the back..." I would think this would point to a low viscosity solvent based adhesive. Ela Keyserlink has often expounded the virtues of Mowilith DMC2 (no longer made) for consolidation, perhaps its modern counterpart Clariant T-1460 would be a possibility? I am doing more research on the subject as we speak, but any thoughts about
this process and the materials involved would be most appreciated.
Gabriel Jones
Clarendon Textile Conservation
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