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Re: 1814 Red Leather stains



Title: 1814 Red Leather stains
You are most welcome, Nancy.  Susan's response was certainly a helpful one.  In case you have not yet experienced this sad aspect of red rot, I will add the warning that the stains it leaves on fabric (i.e., your clothes) may be permanent.  So wear a protective smock whenever you work with the stuff, and be twice careful, even if it IS covered in Mylar.  If the covers are not valuable in themselves, the simplest thing may be to disbind and dispose of them.  If they are very far gone, you may have no choice.
Best of luck!
 
Judy Robins
-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Iannucci [mailto:niannucc@emma.troy.ny.us]
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 10:06 AM
To: Robins, Judith
Subject: RE: 1814 Red Leather stains

Thanks for your input!  I have come to the conclusion that I should cover the books with Tyvek or Mylar D covers.  I think this is the best way to go. I actually think putting a solution on the books is inappropriate.
 
Thanks again,
Nancy Iannucci
Emma Willard School Archives
niannucc@emmawillard.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Robins, Judith [mailto:J.Robins@ASAHQ.ORG]
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 10:55 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: 1814 Red Leather stains

With all due respect to Joanne Sawyer and those vendors who carry the product CELLUGEL, I have heard from one colleague that this product creates a permanent bond, and thus does Not meet archival standards.  I'd like to hear more from anyone who has experience with it.
 
Judy Robins, C. A.,
Collections Supervisor,
Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
520 N. Northwest Highway
Park Ridge, IL  60068-2573
 
Tel:  847-825-5586
 
Fax:  847-825-1692
 
e-mail:  j.robins@ASAHQ.org
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Sawyer, Joanne M. [mailto:SawyerJM@HIRAM.EDU]
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 9:49 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: 1814 Red Leather stains

I have had success with this problem by using CELLUGEL, a preservative available from Preservation Solutions and sold through many archival suppliers.  It is applied with sponge-tipped applicators, which are available in any paint or hardware store.  Dries very quickly and appears to work.
 

Joanne M. Sawyer
Hiram College Archivist
330-569-5361
<sawyerjm@hiram.edu>

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Iannucci [mailto:niannucc@EMMA.TROY.NY.US]
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 8:19 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: 1814 Red Leather stains

Hello All,

Happy Friday to you! 

Can anyone tell me if there is a special "safe" solution that I can apply to leather bound books?  I have a number of ledgers and journals that have red leather covers.  There's some interesting information that students can use from these ledgers for their history assignments.  It would be great if they could handle the books to read from them.  At the present, if these books are handled- the red leather bleeds and stains your gloves.  I would like to prevent these books from bleeding.  Is there a product I can use that will provide a safe solution?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Nancy Iannucci
EWS Archives
niannucc@emmawillard.org