>The label should then be sewn to your textile using cotton thread.

Using, perhaps, a ballpoint needle to prevent tearing the fibers.

Jerrie

Jerrie Clarke
Curator of Collections
Valdez Museum
http://www.alaska.net/~vldzmuse/index.html

>From: Rachael Arenstein <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Brass safety pins
>Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 09:30:37 -0400
>
>Dear Tim,
>        I think this would be a good time for you to switch the
>manner in which you label your textiles.  Brass pins can easily cause
>damage to textiles either by tearing delicate fabrics or by staining.
>Brass pins will corrode and can cause green organo-metallic staining
>on the fabric.  Additionally, unfastened pins can cause damage to
>handlers leading to annoying pin pricks.
>        I would recommend writing the accession number in indelible
>ink on cotton twill tape or, alternatively, on a material such as
>Hollytex (non-woven polyester fabric) or Reemay (spunbound polyester
>fabric).  If you use the latter two products, the number can be
>sealed using a coating of dilute Acryloid B-72.  The label should
>then be sewn to your textile using cotton thread.
>
>Rachael Perkins Arenstein
>
>****



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