[Nhcoll-l] Anyone heard of "Wife's Pride"

[Peter Rauch]

By spelling "US Gortdocs..." as "US Govtdocs...", I found this
citation [emphasis
mine], which I then used as a Google Search phrase:
MIL-W-13518C, MILITARY SPECIFICATION: WOOD PRESERVATIVE: TETRACHLOROPHENOL
AND PENTACHLOROPHENOL SURFACE SEALING COMPOUND (11 JUL 1967) [NO S/S
DOCUMENT]
Searching   https://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=*MIL-W-13518C*(1)

<https://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=MIL-W-13518C(1)>
leads to other leads...

Seems like a product worthy of your interest / concern / safety.

Peter

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 3:15 PM Anderson, Gretchen <AndersonG at carnegiemnh.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Please excuse the cross posting.
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> Has anyone heard of "Wife's Pride".  My best guess is that this product
> was marketed as some kind of a wood preservative or coating in the 1950's
> (give or take). Our records show that the product was used on an
> archaeological wooden object at our museum. We are currently doing analysis
> and would like to track this product down, in part to see how it might
> compromise the original surface.
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> I also found the research that a previous conservator did on the product.
> Her notes (hard to read) indicate she checked “Chemical Formulary handbook
> of material trade names” (1953) and  the “Handbook  of Chemical synonyms
> and trade names”.  There is a note stating “US Gortdocs Microprint (?) 1957
> – no. 9826  MIL-S-13518B April 8 1957. Military Specification, Sealer,
> surface, wood preservative.”  This is all of the information we have.
> Finally there is a poor copy of a newspaper article dating to 1958 with
> someone with a paint brush and a can of dark liquid – the caption states
> that this is a new wood preservative being used on this object.  I am
> trying to track down the original photograph to see it more clearly!
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> Any thoughts or leads would be greatly appreciated!
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> Thank you!
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> [image: Senior Science Meeting Minutes_2017_0503]
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> *Gretchen Anderson*
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> Conservator
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> Edward O’Neill Research Center
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> Pittsburgh, PA 15206
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