4 Sep
2002
4 Sep
'02
2:45 a.m.
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@concentric.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:57 AM
To: cctalk(a)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