REVERSIBLE FILLS FOR TRANSPARENT AND TRANSLUCENT MATERIALS
SANDRA DAVISON
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FURTHER READING
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SOURCES OF MATERIALSEPOXY RESINSAraldite AY103/HY956, B & K Resins Ltd., Unit 2, Ashgrove Estate, Ashgrove Rd., Bromley, Kent, BR1 4TH U.K. Araldite 2020 (XW396/XW397)Ciba Polymers, Duxford, Cambridge, CB2 4QA U.K.
Distributed by, B & K Resins Ltd., Unit 2, Ashgrove Estate, Ashgrove Rd., Bromley, Kent, BR1 4TH U.K. Epo-Tek 301 & 301-2Conservation Materials Ltd., 1165 Marielton Way, Sparks, Nev. 89431 FynebondFyne Conservation Services, Airds Cottage, St. Catherine', Loch Fyne, Argyll, Scotland PA25 8BA U.K.
Ablebond 342-1 and HXTAL NYL-1Conservation Materials Ltd., 1165 Marielton Way, Sparks, Nev. 89431 POLYESTER RESINS AND TRANSPARENT POLYESTER COLORSTrylon Shallowcast embedding resin EM400PA, Trylon Ltd., Wollaston, Northamptonshire, NN29 7QJ U.K. Tiranti's clear embedding resinA. Tiranti Ltd, 27 Warren St., London W1 U.K. Poly-pol PS 230 embedding resinPoly-Service B. V., Hoogeveenenweg 83, Postbus 160, 2910 AD Nieuwerkerk A/D Ijsse, Netherlands METHACRYLATESTechnovit 4004A, Rubert & Co., Ltd., Acru Works, Demmings Rd., Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 2PG U.K. Plastogen G and hardenerAlfons Schmidt, 6-12, Speyer, St. German Strasse 14, Bavaria, Germany Silastics (silicone rubber)I.C.I. Silastics, Imperial Chemical Industries Plc., Cleeve Rd., Leather head, Surrey, KT22 7SW U.K. Dow Corning SilasticsDow Corning Corporation, Midland, Mich. 48640 COLORSDeka transparent colors, Deka Textilfarben AG, Munich, Germany Maimeri Restoration ColorsF. Ili. Maimeri & Co., Mediglia (M.I.) Italy
Available at good artists' suppliers MISCELLANEOUSAstynax toughened pink dental modelling wax, Associated Dental Products Ltd., Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 9HT U.K. Cab-O-Sil (fumed silica)Cabot Corp., 125 High St., Boston, Mass. 02110 Glass fiber surfacing tissueResin manufacturers HMG (cellulose nitrate)Henry Marcel Guest Ltd., Riverside Works, Manchester, M40 7RU U.K. Loctite 305 (UV-curing)Loctite U.K. (Division of Loctite Holdings Ltd., Consumer Products), Watchmead, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL7 1JB U.K. Micro-Mesh cushioned abrasivesMicro-surface Finishing Products, Inc., 1217 W. Third St. (or Box 818), Wilton, Iowa 52778 Newplast synthetic modeling materialTrylon Ltd., Wollaston, Northamptonshire, NN29 7QJ U.K. Polyvinyl alcohol (separating agent)Resin suppliers, e.g., A. Tiranti Ltd. Synperonic N (Non-ionic detergent)Conservation Resources Ltd. (U.K.), Units 1, 2, and 4, Pony Rd., Horspath Industrial Estate, Cowley, Oxon, OX4 2RD U.K.
Inert fillers plasticine, modeling clay, plaster of paris, shellacSculptors' suppliers Acetone, IMS, etc.Chemical suppliers Sellotape (pressure-sensitive tape)Stationers
AUTHOR INFORMATION
SANDRA DAVISON gained a diploma in archaeological conservation and worked in the British Museum for 14 years, specializing in ceramic and glass. She trained in glass restoration in Mainz, Germany. She has worked for museums in the United Kingdom, France, Malaysia, and Saudia Arabia; and lectured and published widely, including a definitive work on glass, Conservation of Glass, with Professor Roy Newton. She has taught glass restoration at the conservation schools in Copenhagen and Amsterdam, West Dean College, Chichester, the Institute of Archaeology, London University, the Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, and the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D.C. The Conservation Studio was established in London in 1984 and relocated to Thame, Oxfordshire in 1991. In 1979 she was elected a Fellow of the International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (FIIC). Address: Conservation Studio, 68, East St., Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3JS, U.K.
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