Archival storage (was RE: OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanu p)

From: Feldman, Robert <Robert_Feldman_at_jdedwards.com>
Date: Wed Sep 4 09:45:01 2002

Look for companies that sell conservation (as in museum storage) supplies.
Some that I know of are Gaylord Brothers, Light Impressions, and Hollinger
Corp. They sell acid free (buffered) and inert materials for storing
documents, photos, textiles, etc.

You might also go to a building supply company and get a roll or Tyvek
building wrap and make your own sleeves. More or less the same stuff used
for 51/4 inch floppy disk sleeves. Only problem might be you would need to
use an archival glue or tape to hold the sleeves together.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tothwolf [mailto:tothwolf_at_concentric.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:57 AM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup


On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Russ Blakeman wrote:

> I've made sleeve from the vinyl you can buy in rolls from Walmart for
> putting over leaky windows - it's pliable and thinck and similar to the
> vinyl that our "forefathers" (and foremothers) used to cover their
> furniture with, but thinner. Fold it and then heat seal the top and
> bottom edges. I've seen forsted vinyl sleeves lik that in years past
> that came with an odd sized box that they could be stored in, sort of an
> archival manner of storage.

I'd be worried about the PH of such material. Highly acidic (or even
highly alkaline) materials are the enemy of items you wish to preserve.

-Toth
Received on Wed Sep 04 2002 - 09:45:01 BST