We love these gloves too.  The conservator we work with says that the ones
with the PVC dots aren't archival, though.  The glue that holds the dots on
is the suspect element.

Laura Foster
Frederic Remington Art Museum



>We use cotton marching band gloves which give a nice fit and they also come
>in a style with tiny dots of plastic on the palm side to give traction. They
>work pretty well and the company promises they are archival, they even call
>them "curator gloves." The company is called Man-how. Has anyone else used
>these? Are they really archival? My volunteers like them and they have worked
>pretty well (until one well meaning volunteer took some home to wash and
>returned bright pink gloves!)
>
>Man-how is at (609) 392-4895
>plain gloves = $13.75 dozen
>sure-grip = $19.00 dozen
>
>Jeanette Scott
>Winnetka Historical Society
>Winnetka, IL
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