<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Simon!<br>
<br>
Which concentration: 75% or 96%?<br>
(dehydration should not be an issue in dried insects, I guess :-)
<br>
<br>
Would this work also for mounted fish skeletons (unless it does
not corrode the glue)<br>
<br>
Best wishes<br>
Dirk<br>
<br>
<br>
Am 25.11.2013 12:09, schrieb Simon Moore:<br>
</div>
<blockquote cite="mid:673A6899D41946DA9189C9DAAC1C3AE6@SimonPC"
type="cite">
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16520">
<style>@font-face {
font-family: Cambria Math;
}
@font-face {
font-family: Calibri;
}
@page WordSection1 {size: 612.0pt 792.0pt; margin: 70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; }
P.MsoNormal {
MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US
}
LI.MsoNormal {
MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US
}
DIV.MsoNormal {
MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US
}
A:link {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlink {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99
}
A:visited {
COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {
COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99
}
SPAN.EstiloCorreioElectrnico17 {
FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: windowtext; mso-style-type: personal-compose
}
.MsoChpDefault {
FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-type: export-only
}
DIV.WordSection1 {
page: WordSection1
}
</style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I have always found the best way
is to apply (very gently, using a fine artist's brush) a small
amount of IMS. This has always worked well for me and the
mould has never returned.</font></div>
<div> </div>
<div>With all good wishes, Simon</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Simon Moore RScI, MIScT, FLS, ACR,<br>
Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian,</div>
<div> </div>
<div> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.natural-history-conservation.com">www.natural-history-conservation.com</a>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pocket-fruit-knives.info">www.pocket-fruit-knives.info</a>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://uk.linkedin.com/in/naturalsciencespecimenconserve">http://uk.linkedin.com/in/naturalsciencespecimenconserve</a></div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT:
5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"
dir="ltr">
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color:
black"><b>From:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="llopes@museus.ul.pt"
href="mailto:llopes@museus.ul.pt">Luis Filipe Lopes</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu"
href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>
</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 25,
2013 10:46 AM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Mold in
butterfly antennae - possible contamination ofthe collection</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have recently
started curating the insect collection here in the Museum
and I am starting to learn how to prepare the insects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have received a
butterfly which I prepared but then I realized it had some
mold already growing in the antennae and eyes, though not
much. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have meanwhile dried
it at 55ºC for about 30 minutes and then for 3 days at
room temperature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">What I wanted to know
is how to carry on regarding this issue? Is there a way to
clean it, or kill the mold? I imagine that freezing won’t
cut for the mold.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If I put it in a
collection box will this potentially contaminate other
specimens? (I have been keeping the collection room at
around 50% humidity)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In this case, it is
not a rare specimen so if is a liability I can just
discard it. But what if was something important?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks for your help!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Filipe Lopes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: PT"
lang="EN-US">National Museum of Natural History and
Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: PT">Rua
da Escola Politécnica, 56-58<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: PT">1250-102
Lisboa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: PT">Portugal</span><span
style="mso-fareast-language: PT"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: PT">Telephone:
+351213921855<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1d1b11;
mso-fareast-language: PT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<p> </p>
<hr> _______________________________________________<br>
Nhcoll-l mailing list<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l">http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l</a><br>
<p> </p>
<hr>
<p color="#000000" avgcert??="" align="left">No virus found in
this message.<br>
Checked by AVG - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>
Version: 2014.0.4158 / Virus Database: 3629/6844 - Release
Date: 11/17/13<br>
Internal Virus Database is out of date.</p>
</blockquote>
<br>
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
<br>
<pre wrap="">_______________________________________________
Nhcoll-l mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l">http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dirk Neumann
Tel: 089 / 8107-111
Fax: 089 / 8107-300
email: Dirk.Neumann(a)zsm.mwn.de
Postanschrift:
Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns
Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Dirk Neumann, Sektion Ichthyologie / DNA-Labor
Münchhausenstr. 21
81247 München
Besuchen Sie unsere Sammlung:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.zsm.mwn.de/ich/">http://www.zsm.mwn.de/ich/</a>
---------
Dirk Neumann
Tel: +49-89-8107-111
Fax: +49-89-8107-300
email: Dirk.Neumann(a)zsm.mwn.de
postal address:
Bavarian Natural History Collections
The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology
Dirk Neumann, Section Ichthyology / DNA-Lab
Muenchhausenstr. 21
81247 Munich (Germany)
Visit our section at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.zsm.mwn.de/ich/">http://www.zsm.mwn.de/ich/</a>
</pre>
</body>
</html>