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Posted By Adam Rountrey 11-16-2019 11:06
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Has anyone tried drying frozen wet objects by using silica gel or another desiccant in the freezer (i.e., freeze drying without vacuum)? It might take a long time and require many desiccant renewals, but it would be inexpensive and relatively easy. -Adam
Posted By Adam Rountrey 09-30-2019 10:51
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Hi all,Just to bring this back around to the original post, which was about fine tip, white, water-based acrylic paint pens (not standard Sharpie markers), has anyone tried these Miaosun pens being sold on Amazon?: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VJ2YVSQ/ref=sspa_dk_detail_3?psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXV ...
Posted By Adam Rountrey 09-18-2019 18:12
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We have long used Sharpie water-based paint pens (white paint) for writing on dark materials. Recently, Sharpie discontinued the extra-fine size in white. Does anyone know of a similar product? The paint must be water-based acrylic and the tip must be finer than ~0.8mm. I'm on my last two pens!! ...
Posted By Adam Rountrey 09-17-2019 17:46
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I suppose one could script the sorting (e.g., sort left of decimal, then right of decimal) for other systems, as well. However, I find it helpful to use the padding so that when we are working with data in different software packages or things are getting picked up by external aggregators, it works without ...
Posted By Adam Rountrey 09-16-2019 17:24
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+1 vote for decimals! However, you may want to use placeholder zeros so that they will sort in order later. For example, AKM81.001 followed by AKM81.002. This avoids the confusing AKM81.1, AkM81.11, AKM81.2, etc. scenario. ------------------------------ Adam Rountrey Collection Manager University ...