20 Apr
2006
20 Apr
'06
6:29 p.m.
In some cases museum practice seems a little odd,
though. I remember
discussing our ICL mainframe with others at Bletchley a little while
ago - some of the cabinets are pretty scratched and rusted up. It
seems that London Science Museum policy as part of restoration is not
to repaint anything, and I still can't quite get my head around that.
That same kid might do his doctorate on computer cabinet paint.
To be proper, the over the top method used by NASM is to coat the original
paint and finish with a non-reactive wax, then new paint is applied over
the wax.
This is not as nuts as it seems. To all those that ask about curing
yellowing plastic, do something much the same - a thin coat of latex paint
will work fine.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org