[Nhcoll-l] Nhcoll-l Digest, Vol 30, Issue 20

Tue Oct 21 12:13:33 EDT 2014

With advice from another museum curator, students were able to get an archival grade gasket from 3M special-ordered without an adhesive for less than $20.  They then used an archival grade adhesive to attach and replace gasket on a Lane cabinet.  It looks good and was an inexpensive fix.   I’ve been after them for months to get their photos to me and get this written up—will try to prompt them again.  Please feel free to contact me off list if you need the information sooner. Whenever they get around to their writeup I was planning to post it here.

Carola A. Haas
Professor, Wildlife Ecology
Associate Editor, J. Wildlife Mgmt.
Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Conservation
112 Cheatham Hall (MC 0321)
310 West Campus Drive, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
cahaas at vt.edu
540-231-9269
http://www.fishwild.vt.edu/faculty/haas.htm

On Oct 21, 2014, at 12:03 PM, nhcoll-l-request at mailman.yale.edu wrote:

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> From: "Sublett, Clayton" <cas100 at SHSU.EDU>
> Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Replacing cabinet gaskets
> To: Ann-Eliza Lewis <lewisan at earlham.edu>, "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu"
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> Hi Ann-Eliza,
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> I recently ran into this issue with our herbarium cabinets.  Tublar polypropylene is probably the best option, but may not fit cabinets that were originally designed with foam gaskets.  Volara is also really good, but I had trouble finding it in anything but large sheets, and adding a self adhesive backing double or tripled the price.  The easiest, most cost-effective option, and the one we are going to use, is weather stripping from a hardware store.  It comes in several widths and thicknesses and is easily installed.  The only problem is that it likely won't be archival quality.  If that's something you are concerned about, I would look into Volara.  If you contact me off list I can give you a little more info.
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> Best,
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> Clayton
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> Clayton Sublett, B.A.
> Collection Manager
> Sam Houston State University Natural History Collection
> Sam Houston State University
> Huntsville, TX 77340
> csublett at shsu.edu<mailto:csublett at shsu.edu>
> Office: (936) 294-4493
> Collection: (936) 294-4434
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> From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] on behalf of Ann-Eliza Lewis [lewisan at earlham.edu]
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> I was wondering whether anyone had recommendations for replacing gaskets on storage cabinets. I have a number of collections storage cabinets from Lane Science with deteriorating gaskets. Lane does not sell replacements.
> 
> University Products suggests that their polyethylene foam rods are good for replacing gaskets (http://www.universityproducts.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=1161), but the sales department there didn't know if anyone who had actually used the product in that way.
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> So I am looking for suggestions for suppliers and brands of appropriate gaskets as well as suggestions for the best way to attach it.
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> Thank you!
> Ann-Eliza
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> Ann-Eliza Lewis, PhD
> Collection Manager
> Joseph Moore Museum
> Earlham College
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