[NHCOLL-L:4552] Re: Jade R glue for herbarium specimen mounting

[Kent D. Perkins]

Thanks Cathy.
Then, I should ask, does anyone recommend a fully reversible glue for 
herbarium specimen mounting that is similar to Jade 403 (PVA) for which 
there is solid testing data?  Jade 403 works very well for us except 
that it is not fully reversible.  Maybe that should not even be an 
issue, but it would be good to have the option to recover the rare 
mounting goof up.

Kent


CAHawks at aol.com wrote, On 10/4/2009 9:57 AM:
> Hi Kent
>  
> I've been trying to track down solid testing data on Jade R to see if 
> it is actually sufficiently stable for use with collections of any 
> kind. So far, no luck. It has not been available long enough to have 
> received much independent testing by conservators.
>  
> Cathy
>  
> Catharine Hawks
> Conservator
> 2419 Barbour Road
> Falls Church VA 22043-3026 USA
> t/f 703.876.9272
> mobile 703.200.4370
>  
> In a message dated 10/2/2009 5:48:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> kperkins at flmnh.ufl.edu writes:
>
>     We currently use Jade 403 (PVA) for mounting herbarium specimens.  I
>     recently noticed that Jade R (EVA, i believe) is available from Talas
>     (http://talasonline.com/products/bookbinding.cfm).  It is fully
>     reversible whereas Jade 403 is not.
>
>     According to Talas: "acid free archival adhesive provides a very
>     strong
>     bond similar to that of the Jade 403 with the added advantage of
>     being
>     reversible with water after it has dried."
>
>     Does anyone have experience with this glue?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Kent
>
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>     University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS), Fla. Museum of Nat. History
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