Re: Thank you, Virginia

[Virginia Whelan <vjwhelan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was going to write YOU to thank you. I was going crazy with all the recipes
being offered. I felt 100 times better after I read your posting b/c I thought I
was the only one in the world that thought it was a crazy idea.
Thanks for writing your post and to me.

Virginia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michele Pagan" <michele_johnpagan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 4:36 PM
Subject: Thank you, Virginia


> Thank you, Virginia, for taking the time to supply all
> those references re: cleaning textiles with eraser
> crumbs.  I hadn't ready your email before I sent my
> response.  Thanks again, Michele.
>
> --- Virginia Whelan <vjwhelan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Am I hearing tacit approval by the textile
> > conservation community on cleaning
> > textiles with bread crumbs?
> >
> > We need to back up so we don't miss the essential
> > issue here. The differences
> > between paintings and textiles aside, why would you
> > chose to use a material that
> > could 1) attract insects or vermin 2) potentially
> > become moldy and stain the
> > textile? It seems that microscopic particles of
> > bread could potentially become
> > embedded in the surface fibers even after careful
> > vacuuming. Or is the textile in
> > question glazed? treated in some way?
> >
> > The precaution that you should only use fresh bread
> > should send up some red flags,
> > don't you think?
> >
> >
> > A quick search of AATA Online came up with several
> > articles researching erasers &
> > eraser crumbs that might add to the discussion:
> >
> > Pearlstein, E.J.; Cabelli, D.; King, A.; and
> > Indictor, N.
> > Effects of eraser treatment on paper.
> > Journal of the American Institute for Conservation
> > 22, no. 1 (1982 Fall), pp. 1-12
> >
> > Dancause, Renée.
> > Surface cleaning a doll's corset using eraser
> > crumbs.
> > Textile conservation newsletter  no. 36 (1999
> > Spring), pp. 8-13.
> >
> > Estabrook, Elizabeth.
> > Considerations of the effect of erasers on cotton
> > fabric. Journal of the American
> > Institute for Conservation 28, no. 2 (1989 Fall),
> > pp. 79-96
> >
> > The ConsDistList also has a several posting re
> > erasers; one posting recommends the
> > Surface Cleaning outline of the Paper Conservation
> > Catalog, published in 1992. It
> > may be still available through the AIC Office.
> >
> > Does someone know about other research on viable
> > alternatives to bread crumbs? I
> > realize vinyl crumb erasers as researched by paper
> > conservators might have some
> > negative aspects (potential chemical (sulfer)
> > residue, migrating softeners, change
> > in residue over time, and abrasion), but do you
> > really feel bread crumbs should be
> > used?
> >
> > But perhaps Lauren is researching this issue as an
> > historical exercise. It
> > certainly would be helpful to have some research
> > done on the residues &
> > abrasiveness of bread crumbs on textiles.
> >
> >
>
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