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Subject:
Aging of Paraloid for Object numbers
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Jennifer Hein <[log in to unmask]>
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Textile Conservators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:47:13 -0400
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Mary Gissing, > Conservator of Cultural Material
> Powerhouse Museum,Australia

Does anyone or you have any examples with Paraloid B-72 & ink that have
aged 10-15 years, even if not on Reemay? We had an ageing problem that
yellowed so at The State Museum in IN when I was there we went to
carbon typed copy or ink on cotton... I believe it ages nicely.

>The Reemay tag is prepared with the object number
> hand printed in indelible ink and sealed with a layer of Paraloid B-72
>

--Jennifer Hein
Preservation Consultant
Historic Object Conservator of Textiles, Leather & Ethnography
PO Box 90379, Indianapolis, IN 46290
317-575-9296

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