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

From: Russ Blakeman <rhb57_at_vol.com>
Date: Wed Sep 4 13:14:06 2002

And be very careful that the Tyvek for covering builings is free of dirt
before you assemble tit - most of the rolls I just used had all sorts of
dust from the manufacturing process, I'm sure they don't feel the need to
clean or dust off building supplies since they aren't intended to be used
elsewhere. I've had good luck with contact cement (same as you use for
gluing Formica down) to assemble things on that order - stays for eons but
you have to glue both sides, let it tack and then place CAREFULLY since once
it's stuck it won't let go. Rubber cement just plain sux.

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Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:46 AM
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Subject: Archival storage (was RE: OT: dumpster dive and water/mold
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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 - 13:14:06 BST