[Nhcoll-l] earthen plaster or clay plaster

[Dr Jonathan Kemp]

Dear Lennart

You might want to look at some of the work and long term studies by the 
late Tim Padfield who worked extensively in this area

https://www.conservationphysics.org/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tim_Padfield

best

Jonathan

On 22/10/20 11:30 pm, Dirk Neumann wrote:
> Dear Lennart,
>
> it might be worth contacting colleagues in Berlin (Peter Bartsch); 
> they installed a wall heating/cooling system that is installed within 
> the plastering of the storage room walls which is covered by a clay 
> rendering. This plastering is considered to balance relative air 
> humidity fluctuations within the storage area.
>
> There is a nice publication of Peter and colleagues about the planning 
> & reconstruction works of the collections in Berlin, including the 
> iconic East Wing with its new fluid storage; you can download the PDF 
> here: 
> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Bartsch4/publication/280555526_Bartsch_P_Quaisser_C_Giere_P_Theuer-Kock_A_Feck_N_2013_New_meets_old_-_the_requirements_and_limits_of_new_collection_facilities_at_the_Museum_fur_Naturkunde_Berlin_-_Climate_for_Collections_Standards_/links/55b8d92808ae9289a08f4b55/Bartsch-P-Quaisser-C-Giere-P-Theuer-Kock-A-Feck-N-2013-New-meets-old-the-requirements-and-limits-of-new-collection-facilities-at-the-Museum-fuer-Naturkunde-Berlin-Climate-for-Collections.pdf
>
> The publication includes results of the monitoring they did prior and 
> after the renovation works. As a result, they decided against 
> installation of humidifying/dehumidifying units to control relative 
> humidity within the storage area, because if such units fail, they may 
> cause huge damage to collections.
>
> Hope this helps
> Dirk
>
>
> Am 22.10.2020 um 13:47 schrieb Lennart Lennuk:
>>
>> Dear all
>>
>> Do you have any experience about what materials use for collections 
>> rooms walls.
>>
>> Is earthen plaster or clay plaster safe for collections?
>>
>> Best regards!
>>
>> Lennart Lennuk
>>
>> Head of zoology
>>
>> Estonian Museum of Natural History
>>
>> +372 6603404, 56569916
>>
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