<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi Lennart,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Various museums have used anti-slip mats to prevent jars from moving around but containers with small bases (vials, tubes &c) will need to be placed in secondary containers to keep them upright.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The matting would need to be long-lasting and proof against accidental spillage / leakage of preservative fluids and someone may have ’the latest’ info-wise and what would be the best material for this.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With all good wishes, Simon<br class=""><br class="">Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR<br class="">Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian,</span><br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://www.natural-history-conservation.com" class="">www.natural-history-conservation.com</a><br class=""><br class=""><span></span><br class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"></span><span><img apple-inline="yes" id="ED0C6630-999C-4F12-A832-7DD21ABA7D68" src="cid:3543D570-FCD3-4F5F-B04C-2A6D3A8D9E27@home" class=""></span><span><img apple-inline="yes" id="6B496B6D-E854-4045-B146-2B70213A66B5" src="cid:44ED9140-C81F-497F-B52B-A41A76C7F679@home" class=""></span><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 5 Jan 2022, at 09:38, Lennart Lennuk <<a href="mailto:Lennart.Lennuk@loodusmuuseum.ee" class="">Lennart.Lennuk@loodusmuuseum.ee</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Hi<br class=""> <br class="">Do you have any experience using this kind of shelving in wet collections?<br class="">I am worried about load-bearing capacity and also the stability of little jars.<br class="">Is it ok to place a rubber mat under little jars to maintain the stability?<br class=""> <br class=""><span id="cid:image001.jpg@01D80228.D3E1FD20"><image001.jpg></span><br class=""> <br class="">Best regards!<br class="">Lennart Lennuk<br class="">Head of collections<br class="">Estonian Museum of Natural History<br class="">+372 6603404, 56569916<br class=""> <br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Nhcoll-l mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" class="">Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br class="">https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of<br class="">Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose<br class="">mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of<br class="">natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to<br class="">society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information.<br class="">Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate.<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""></div></body></html>