[NHCOLL-L:5778] Re: FW: [RCAAM] Cleaning elephant tusks

[Jim Croft]

Colgate Fluroguard with the extra whitener, enamel hardener, plaque remover
and cavity protection? Even has fresh mintiness to deal with elephant
breath and museum odour... ;)

jim

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Leslie Skibinski <LSkibinski at delmnh.org>wrote:

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> Hi everyone,
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> I am passing this along for Ron Gessler.  His information is at the end of
> the message.  Please respond to him.
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> --Leslie
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>  Leslie L. Skibinski
> Collection Manager of Mollusks
> Delaware Museum of Natural History
> 4840 Kennett Pike
> P.O. Box 3937
> Wilmington, DE  19807
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> Phone:  (302) 658-9111 ext. 311
> Fax:  (302) 658-2610
> e-mail:  lskibinski at delmnh.org
>
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> *From:* Registrars Committee of the AAM [mailto:RCAAM at SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU]
> *On Behalf Of *Ron Gessler
> *Sent:* Monday, January 09, 2012 12:52 PM
> *To:* RCAAM at SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU
> *Subject:* [RCAAM] Cleaning elephant tusks
>
>  Hello all helpful ones, we recently received a couple of elephant tusks
> into the collection. One can easily notice accretions of various sorts
> (including sticker residue) on the tusks. I have looked in many places to
> see what the recommended method would be to remove some of these. Some
> sites say never use water, one says water mixed at 50% with denatured
> alcohol can be used and one even says water with mild detergent can be
> used. Needless to say I’m confused and certainly don’t wish to do something
> that would be deleterious. If anyone out there has had to remedy such and
> has suggestions I am all ears. Feel free to contact me off list if you have
> any information that may be of use. Thank you, Ron
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> Ron Gessler
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> Chief Preparator
>
> National Museum of Wildlife Art
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> PO Box 6825, Jackson, WY  83002
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> 307-732-5436
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> rgessler at wildlifeart.org <email at wildlifeart.org>
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> www.wildlifeart.org <http://www.wildlifeart.org%20>
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