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Fwd: Re: 1814 Red Leather stains



Not me!  I just scrape this stuff off with a butcher
knife and spray paint the books whatever color they
used to be.  works great!

xiamen


> Back in the early days of conservation, we were
> taught to spray clear
> Krylon on leather bindings suffering from red rot.
> Like the Cellugel
> product, it is a permanent solution and not
> archivally sound.  The easiest,
> although not necessarily cheapest depending on the
> quantity of volumes to
> treat, is to make a wraparound Mylar cover (like a
> dust jacket) for each
> volume with red rot.  This will protect handlers and
> prevent migration of
> the effluent to surrounding volumes, shelves,
> clothes, hands, paper,
> etc.  You can purchase a 40-inch x 25-ft. roll of  2
> mil Mylar for $53.30
> from University Products and cut it to fit.  The
> Mylar also comes in
> heavier weight (3 mil, 4 mil, and 5 mil) and light
> gauge 1.5 mil in 50-ft.,
> 100-ft., 200-ft., and 1070-ft. rolls.
>
> Sue
>
>
>
>
> Susan Hamburger, Ph.D.
> Manuscripts Cataloging Librarian
> Cataloging Services
> 126 Paterno Library
> The Pennsylvania State University
> University Park, PA 16802
>
> 814/865-1755
> FAX 814/863-7293
>
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