[NHCOLL-L:4289] RE: Nalgene PolyPaper

[Peter H Wimberger]

Hi All,

Rite in the Rain paper is made here in Tacoma.  We (the Slater Museum)
are testing it in jars of formalin, alcohol and water to see how durable
it is.  It should work and is cheaper and greener (in terms of the
manufacturing process than the Nalgene/plastic papers).  An email from
the president of the company, who I know, is copied below.  They will
send samples to anyone who identifies themselves as being from a museum.
They are very responsive and interested in feedback.

 

>From Todd Silver (co-president):

Our DuraCopy (Copier/Laser) and Weatherjet (InkJet) plastic papers
should fill the need as well and our DuraRite plastic paper notebooks
are as durable as nalgene's and less expensive. Rite in the Rain works
in some situations also and is more earth frriendly than the plastic
papers. We'd be happy to send free sample sheets, notebooks and catalogs
to any museum.

You can tell them you know the president and give them my direct email
(Todd Silver, todd at riteintherain.com) and I'll have our sample dept
handle it. (Tell them to identify themselves with a museum so we cover
the cost.) They can check our stuff out at www.riteintherain.com
<http://www.riteintherain.com/> .

 

Best,

Peter Wimberger

Professor, Biology

Director, Slater Museum of Natural History

University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, WA 98416

253 879-2784

 

 

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Alastair.Graham at csiro.au
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:26 PM
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Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4269] Nalgene PolyPaper

 

Hello

 

I have been using a plastic paper (Nalgene PolyPaper Plastic Paper -
cat. # 6304-0811) for more than 18 years to label preserved fish
specimens stored in formaldehyde and ethanol.  This paper is spun-bonded
polyethylene and is very resistant to moisture, chemicals (e.g.
formaldehyde and ethanol) and tearing (allowing the attachment of the
label to a specimen).  It has a special coating, which means that it can
be written on with a pencil, even underwater.  

 

Are you familiar with this particular product?  My stock is running low
and I would like to purchase some more.  However, I have been told that
this particular product is no longer supplied by Nalgene.  I have tried
unsuccessfully to find out who actually manufactured the paper, in case
they were prepared to supply the paper directly to me.

 

I am looking for plain paper stock.  We print either in-house for
specific labels using a dot-matrix printer with an indelible ink ribbon
(yes, old technology, but it works) or at a commercial printer for
pre-formatted field labels (again using an indelible ink).  The Nalgene
PolyPaper is 216 x 279 mm or 8-1/2 x 11 in. 

 

I was wondering whether anyone has used Nalgene PolyPaper previously? If
so, what are you using now and does it do the job?

 

This is a rather long shot.  Does anyone have some PolyPaper, which they
are willing to sell?

 

If you have not used Nalgene PolyPaper, do know of another plastic paper
that has similar specifications?

 

Thanks very much for your assistance.

 

Cheers

 

Al

 

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Alastair (Al) Graham

Fish Collection Manager 

Australian National Fish Collection

 

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