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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I strongly concur with the advice from John and Greg. One caveat to keep in mind is that if you are packing skins with furs or feathers, avoid alkaline-buffered
tissues (make sur the tissue is pH-neutral). As John notes, things may end up in the packing materials much longer that planned. Prolonged contact with an alkali can increase the rate of oxidation of pigments in hair and feathers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John E Simmons<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 27, 2015 12:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gregory Schneider<br>
<b>Cc:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Acid-Free Tissue Recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Greg's suggestion is excellent. A few other vendors of conservation supplies carry similar materials as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I have seen dozens and dozens of examples of museum specimens packed with "temporary" materials that turned into long-term storage materials due to oversight, accident, or ignorance, any one of which carries the same potential for specimen damage. For example,
I have spent the last few years helping unpack specimens that were "temporarily" packed with PVC dry cleaner bags 10 years ago--the bags are now turning yellow and degrading. At the time the specimens were packed, probably no one thought it would be ten years
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any collection you can find examples of offgassing plastic, deteriorating rubber bands, acidic paper, and all sorts of other "temporary" materials that inadvertently became long-term, often to the detriment of the specimen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Museologica<br>
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and<br>
Adjunct Curator of Collections<br>
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery<br>
Penn State University<br>
University Park, Pennsylvania<br>
and<br>
Instructor, Museum Studies<br>
School of Library and Information Science<br>
Kent State University<br>
and<br>
Lecturer in Art<br>
Juniata College<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Gregory Schneider <<a href="mailto:ges@umich.edu" target="_blank">ges@umich.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">probably spun polyester batting or tissue - gaylord has it<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Cody Thompson <<a href="mailto:cwthomp@umich.edu" target="_blank">cwthomp@umich.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">The UMMZ Mammal Division is beginning our packing process for our relocation. Does anyone have any recommendations for acid-free tissue that could be used to pack skulls and skeletons in vials?
We typically would use toilet tissue for packing loans, but we would prefer to leave the tissue in the vial until the specimens are accessed again for research, loans, etc. We are not planning to wrap the specimens individually as we would for loans; rather,
we plan to use the tissue to stabilize the material in the vial for transport. Therefore, we need a product that has the flexibility of toilet tissue and could potentially be in the vial for years. Anyhow, I would appreciate any suggestions!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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