[NHCOLL-L:2345] Re: Insects and glue

[sam]

Careful!  After looking around a bit, it seems to me that many adhesive 
products termed PVA are more likely PVAc

http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/woods/pva.html

Have entomologists ever used rice paste/glue to mount insects?
I think it is used by bookbinders as an archival adhesive.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=rice+paste&btnG=Search

Cheers
Sam
Avinet
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At 11:55 AM 6/17/2004, you wrote:
>Timothy Tomon asked:
>
>>I was originally taught that insects should be prepared (pointed, 
>>repaired, etc.) with alcohol soluble glue.........[snip]