AW: plastic - remove on textiles

[christine.mueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hallo Jennifer,
I had have such problem by an asian textile because of the big fire in Word
War II in our museum. 
We had labels from plastic for our inventory numbers. One of this was melt
on this textile. I had removed it dry mechanically. In the areas where it
was only melt on the surface it was easy to remove it, but in that ones
where it was melt into the cloth it was very difficult to remove it. I had
done this work under the microscope because it was better to see where and
how I can remove the pieces. The work were done by neddles, scalpel,
tweezers and vacuum cleaner for museums. 

Sincerely


Christine Müller-Radloff

Dipl.Ing./ Textilrestauratorin
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig
Postfach 100955
04009 Leipzig
Tel.: 0341/9733926 Fax: 0341/9733958
e-mail: christine.mueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
www.ses-sachsen.de
www.mvl-grassimuseum.de
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig: 
Dauerausstellungen: "Rundgänge in einer Welt" : Asien, Europa, Orient;
Sammlung Bir im Mäzenatenraum - "Reise durch die Welt des Orientalischen
Schmucks"; Sonderausstellungen: "SICHTBARMACHEN" - Fotografie 1968-2007, von
Karin Wieckhorst (22.09.-28.10.2007);  "bado bota - Freiräume" Malerei von
Girmachew Getnet, Addis Abeba (23.09.-14.10.2007)
Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden, Japanisches Palais: 
Dauerausstellungen: "Schaufenster zur Sammlung";  "Das Dresdner
Damaskus-Zimmer"; Sonderausstellungen: "Schätze aus Afrika, Indonesien und
der Südsee - Die Schenkungen Baessler und Arnhold" (bis 31.08.2008); "50
Jahre Japanisches Palais" (23.09.-24.02.08)

Völkerkundemuseum Herrnhut: 
Dauerausstellung: "Ethnographie und Herrnhuter Mission";
Sonderausstellungen: "Bilder aus der Herrnhuter Mission in der Fotografie
des 19. Jahrhunderts" - Aus den Sammlungen des Unitätsarchivs (bis
25.11.2007)


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Von: Jennifer Hadley [mailto:HadleyJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Gesendet: Montag, 15. Oktober 2007 23:59
An: TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: plastic

Does anyone have any tips on removing plastic that has melted into a
textile???

Thanks,
Jennifer

Jennifer Hadley
Collections Care
Museum of Church History and Art
(801) 240-0297
hadleyj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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