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

[James and Judy Bryant]

Pentachlorophenol as a housekeeping product? Remarkable.

James Bryant
SOJOURN Science - Nature - Education
Santa Fe, NM
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bryant-0598a940/


On Oct 3, 2018, at 5:13 PM, Peter Rauch <peterar at berkeley.edu<mailto:peterar at berkeley.edu>> wrote:

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)
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<mailto:AndersonG at carnegiemnh.org>> wrote:
Hi all,
Please excuse the cross posting.

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.

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!

Any thoughts or leads would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!


[Senior Science Meeting Minutes_2017_0503]
Gretchen Anderson
Conservator
Edward O’Neill Research Center
(Carnegie Museum of Natural History Annex)
5800 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
(412) 665-2607 (Office)  (412) 420-9083 (Mobile)
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