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Hi everyone: My esteemed colleagues tactfully assured me
that DW-40 was not a feasible idea (it would spread unstoppably), but suggest
that a dry teflon lubricant would be successful. Mary From: Here are a couple of websites for the
Teflon spray! http://www.idealtruevalue.com/servlet/the-29933/Detail and this is Elmers. Kress Fellow in Objects Conservation Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution 301-238-1273 From: http://www.finishlineusa.com/products/teflon-plus-lube.htm http://www.miller-stephenson.com/ From: I am looking for advice on metal zippers. I am
working with a silk dress from the 1940s. The silk is somewhat fragile
and the 2 metal zippers are very stiff. I am afraid that I will rip the
silk in my attempt to use the zippers. Does anyone know of an inert
substance I could use to lubricate the zippers? I thought about
not using them at all, but I would need another method of closing the opening
and I don't want to introduce more holes to the silk by stitching it
closed. If anyone has an alternative to using the zippers I would be
interested to hear it. Thank you, Jennifer Jennifer Hadley |