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Julia Jessen

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Posted By Julia Jessen 03-23-2023 17:03
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Hi Gillian, Thanks so much! Yes, after some more research, I let our facilities staff know that the pvc was vetoed. We're now looking at using acrylic to cover the wire shelves and provide a flat surface. I believe this option should be pretty safe, but please let me know if you have any concerns ...
Posted By Julia Jessen 03-23-2023 15:49
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Hi all, I have another materials question for you all. Our facilities manager has proposed using an expanded pvc (close-celled expanded "foamed" polyvinyl chloride) as a cap for the wire display shelves we'll be adding to our visual storage space (just on two shelving units within the space which ...
Posted By Julia Jessen 03-03-2023 14:52
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Hi all, We are in the process of doing some reorganizing and making improvements in our visual storage space (room surrounded by glass on 3 sides with collections objects on metal shelving inside). We'll be repainting the walls black, and it's been suggested to also use black foam to line our shelves ...
Posted By Julia Jessen 03-17-2022 20:02
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Thank you so much for the responses so far! I appreciate the feedback. The concerns raised about the cable supported shelving are ones that I had as well when the idea was proposed, so it's good to have some community backup for vetoing the idea. To give a little more context, two photos of our visual ...