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In addition to the potential damage to surface finishes, the spray from a pressurized stream of water from a power or pressure washer is likely to penetrate the seals, bearings, bushings, and material joints of any 100-year-old machine. This displacement of corrosion-inhibiting lubricants will leave ...

Dear Leslie, Placing the records in a vacuum chamber should accelerate the off-gassing of the fuel oil volatiles absorbed by the paper without otherwise affecting the documents. Perhaps the science departments of the nearby universities could lend assistance. ------------------------------ ...

The techniques to move your granite objects depend greatly on the particular details of your pieces. I'd suggest inquiring with riggers. Contact as many as you need until you find someone who you are confident can safely move your objects with minimum risk to them. The Specialized Carriers and Rigging ...

All storage media is corruptible, analog and digital, so multiple copies reduce the risk that the recordings will be lost to corruption. The technology for playing back recordings changes with time, so migrate some copies of the recordings to current technology, both hardware and encoding (type of digital ...

I would suggest making an armature to keep the Tyvek sheet from resting directly on your specimens. Esentially making a Tyvek tent thus protecting your specimens from the dust. ------------------------------ Clifton Patrick Historian Town of Chester Chester NY (845) 469-7645 --------------- ...