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Re: Waxed Floors



At 02:25 PM 8/27/2001 -0500, Casey Greene wrote:
>We have tiles in our archives vault.  They have to be stripped and
>rewaxed every several years.  Just make sure that boxes and loose items
>are removed from the botton shelves, and discuss with the miantenance
>staff the importance of being careful not to splatter wax/stripper along
>the bottom shelves.  This happened to us a number of years ago; I had to
>replace fifteen or so acid-free boxes.  I am assuming that you will be
>in the vault to monitor the cleaning crew while it works around your
>valuable materials.
>
>Casey Edward Greene
>Head of Special Collections
>Rosenberg Library
>2310 Sealy
>Galveston, TX  77550
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We had a similar problem a few years ago when, without asking, the cleaning
crew came in and did our floor over night.  The company was not happy when
they had to replace approximately 200 acid-free boxes that had been
splashed on by stripping/waxing solution.
Jane M. Jackson
Director of Archives
Providence College
Phillips Memorial Library Room 108
Providence, Rhode Island     02918
JJackson@providence.edu
tel.  401  865-2578/2377
fax   401  865-1578

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