[NHCOLL-L:5279] Re: Sealing wet collection jars

[John E Simmons]

How you seal the jars all depends on what kind of jars and lids do you
have.  By "plug type lid" do you mean a stopper?  The correct terminology
for containers and closures is detailed in "Herpetological Collections and
Collections Management" (1987) if you need to check, or better yet, could
you post a photo of one of the jars you need to seal showing the jar and the
lid?

--John

John E. Simmons
Museologica
128 E. Burnside Street
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010
simmons.johne at gmail.com
303-681-5708
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and
Adjunct Curator of Collections
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Ashley Henderson <AshleyH at cctexas.com>wrote:

>  Hi Everyone,
>
> I am searching for a supply to seal the jar lids in our wet collection.  I
> purchased polypropylene sealing tape that is advertised for use with wet
> collections.  However, it has proven about as effective as wrapping scotch
> tape around the lids.  The lids were previously sealed with what appears to
> be very thin paraffin wax that came in tape form.  However, I cannot find
> this supply.  This link has an uploaded picture of the wax/tape substance
> http://i.imgur.com/uZUlM.jpg  Does anyone out there have any ideas on this
> or another way of sealing the lids?  Whatever I use must go on the exterior
> of the jars because many of the jars have a plug type lid.  Thanks in
> advance!
>
>
>
>  Ashley Henderson
>
> Collection Manager
> Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History
> www.ccmuseum.com
> (361) 826-4659
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