[TheForge] books in the shop environment

[terry l. ridder]

hello bruce;


> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Bruce Freeman wrote:
> 
> I'd given this some thought too, but only came up with the same
> solutions.  At present, I'm using page protectors.  Cheap and readily
> available.  (Zipper bags work well too.)
> 
> I've considered laminating, but have never invested in the equipment.
> 
> There is clear adhesive plastic available that can be used for
> laminating. I've used to use Contac brand for this, but sometime about
> 10-20 years ago they went to a less adhesive adhesive which makes that
> easier to use but less suitable.
> 
> As for possible better ideas:
> 
> In principle, one could spray the pages with some sort of clear
> coating.  Krylon has one used to stabilize charcoal drawings.  This
> works well for one-sided printing, but such sprays tend to make the
> page translucent, so are less suitable for two-sided printing.
>

back many years ago i know a guy that worked at university of chicago in
the library department. he was researching to find a method to save
books that were being lost due to acid paper. the books were brittle so
there was no chance of taken a photocopy of the book. he came up with a
system that the book was first placed in a vacuum chamber and placed
under a high vacuum for several days a mixture of gases were released
into the vacuum chamber and the pages of the book were basically
plasticized by the process. they were no longer brittle and they could
be photocopied. never heard anything more about it.

> 
> One could conceive of a two-spray system:  The first spray would
> penetrate the page, then turn opaque white (below the printing).  The
> second would provide a grease-proof coating.  But unless it proved
> possible to come up with a means of spraying an entire book at one go,
> this would probably be prohibitive due to the labor involved.
> 
> Some maps now are printed on Tyvek or similar materials and are
> completely waterproof, and pretty tear-proof and grease-proof.
> Unfortunately, this is not an option for protecting an existing book.
> 
> -- 
> Bruce
> NJ


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