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  • 1.  Cleaning floors in storage areas

    Posted 05-09-2019 11:27
    How do you clean the floors in your art storage areas? You conservators out there: what is considered best practices? The (vast!) floors at our fine art warehouse are sealed concrete. Are there commercial grade vacuums (HEPA I assume) or (gasp) scrubbers that you recommend? Thanks in advance! Maureen

    Maureen McCormick
    Director of Registration | Atelier Fine Art Services




  • 2.  RE: Cleaning floors in storage areas

    Posted 05-09-2019 17:28
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  • 3.  RE: Cleaning floors in storage areas

    Posted 05-10-2019 10:28

    Hi Maureen

     

    Our facilities staff are moving to specialized floor cleaning machines that do not use soaps/determents, just a fine mist of pressurized water below the machine that is immediately dried. It is working well and avoids the soap/detergent scums that are the norm from cleaning products.

     

    If you are interested in the particular machine, let me know.

     

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    Catharine Hawks

    Conservator

    Collections Program

    MRC 170 Rm M85-J

    National Museum of Natural History

    10th Street & Constitution Ave NW

    Washington DC 20560

    w 202.633.0835 or 4041  c 703 200 4370

    hawksc@si.edu

     

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    NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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    ------Original Message------

    How do you clean the floors in your art storage areas? You conservators out there: what is considered best practices? The (vast!) floors at our fine art warehouse are sealed concrete. Are there commercial grade vacuums (HEPA I assume) or (gasp) scrubbers that you recommend? Thanks in advance! Maureen

    Maureen McCormick
    Director of Registration | Atelier Fine Art Services




  • 4.  RE: Cleaning floors in storage areas

    Posted 05-10-2019 11:36
    Yes please! Others on the group may also be interested so please respond to the group. BTW I love this new website/list-serve. Kudos to those involved in making the transition. Thanks, Maureen

    Maureen McCormick
    Director of Registration | Atelier Fine Art Services
    M 609.462.0975

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    ------Original Message------

    Hi Maureen

     

    Our facilities staff are moving to specialized floor cleaning machines that do not use soaps/determents, just a fine mist of pressurized water below the machine that is immediately dried. It is working well and avoids the soap/detergent scums that are the norm from cleaning products.

     

    If you are interested in the particular machine, let me know.

     

    _______________________________

    Catharine Hawks

    Conservator

    Collections Program

    MRC 170 Rm M85-J

    National Museum of Natural History

    10th Street & Constitution Ave NW

    Washington DC 20560

    w 202.633.0835 or 4041  c 703 200 4370

    hawksc@si.edu

     

    SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

    NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

    Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Instagram

     

    PRICE logo2 signature (340x353) (2) (002)

     





  • 5.  RE: Cleaning floors in storage areas

    Posted 05-10-2019 15:09

    HI All

     

    The ones we have are manufactured by Tennant

    Model#: T7 EC H2O

     

    Cathy

    _______________________________

    Catharine Hawks

    Conservator

    Collections Program

    MRC 170 Rm M85-J

    National Museum of Natural History

    10th Street & Constitution Ave NW

    Washington DC 20560

    w 202.633.0835 or 4041  c 703 200 4370

    hawksc@si.edu

     



    ------Original Message------

    Yes please! Others on the group may also be interested so please respond to the group. BTW I love this new website/list-serve. Kudos to those involved in making the transition. Thanks, Maureen

    Maureen McCormick
    Director of Registration | Atelier Fine Art Services
    M 609.462.0975

    DISCLAIMER: This message contains information which may be confidential and/or privileged, and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). Any use, disclosure or copying of this message or any part thereof by any person other than such addressee(s) is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message. Thank you for your cooperation.





  • 6.  RE: Cleaning floors in storage areas

    Posted 05-12-2019 13:22
    Just an alert: we are sometimes asked to treat paintings that have a splatter pattern on the lower part which is residue from floor cleaning/polishing/waxing operations. Invisible in the moment but problematic later.

    So if you have valuable objects near the floor, you might want to encase or protect them in a suitable way before starting any cleaning project, if you haven't done so already.

    Best, Mary

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    Mary H. Gridley
    Fellow, International Institute of Conservation
    Fellow, American Institute of Conservation
    Cranmer Art Group, LLC
    Partner
    45 Crosby Street
    New York, New York 10012
    (212) 966 9167
    fax (212) 966 9477


    ------Original Message------

    Yes please! Others on the group may also be interested so please respond to the group. BTW I love this new website/list-serve. Kudos to those involved in making the transition. Thanks, Maureen

    Maureen McCormick
    Director of Registration | Atelier Fine Art Services
    M 609.462.0975

    DISCLAIMER: This message contains information which may be confidential and/or privileged, and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). Any use, disclosure or copying of this message or any part thereof by any person other than such addressee(s) is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message. Thank you for your cooperation.





  • 7.  RE: Cleaning floors in storage areas

    Posted 05-20-2019 15:55
    I have a question on this topic: does anyone use the Roomba-type vacuum cleaners for storage areas that areas where custodial staff is not allowed but collections staff are too busy to vacuum on a regular basis?

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    Silvia Manrique Tamayo
    Collections Manager/Conservator
    Wolfsonian-FIU
    Miami Beach FL
    (801) 635-7570
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