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Aging of Paraloid for Object numbers
- Subject: Aging of Paraloid for Object numbers
- From: Jennifer Hein <jhein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:47:13 -0400
- Message-id: <89AL5D.R.ka.5IWLAB@lindy.stanford.edu>
- Sender: Textile Conservators <TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Mary Gissing, > Conservator of Cultural Material
> Powerhouse Museum,Australia
Does anyone or you have any examples with Paraloid B-72 & ink that have
aged 10-15 years, even if not on Reemay? We had an ageing problem that
yellowed so at The State Museum in IN when I was there we went to
carbon typed copy or ink on cotton... I believe it ages nicely.
>The Reemay tag is prepared with the object number
> hand printed in indelible ink and sealed with a layer of Paraloid B-72
>
--Jennifer Hein
Preservation Consultant
Historic Object Conservator of Textiles, Leather & Ethnography
PO Box 90379, Indianapolis, IN 46290
317-575-9296