Hi Christy,

We transfer our acryloid to small bottles (clean nail polish size ones) and 
it keeps our acryloid from drying out.  We are then able to keep our large 
bottle rim clean because it has only been used a couple of times and the 
rims of the smaller bottles seem to be easier to keep clean.

On the off hand chance a small lid becomes stuck it is easy to use pliers to 
get it open again, unlike the larger bottles.

Heather Marie Wells
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Springdale, Arkansas

>From: Christy Jones <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Tips for working with Acryloid (Paraloid)?
>Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 14:53:07 -0500
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>
>Dear List Members,
>
>I work with Acryloid (or paraloid, whichever you prefer) on a fairly 
>regular basis, and opening those little jars has put me at my wits end. No 
>matter how scrupously clean I try to keep the jar threads, or the different 
>ways I try to get them open, I always have to struggle to unstick them, 
>usually resorting to turning the jar upside down in a shallow pan of 
>acetone or pouring acetone into the tiny space between the glass and the 
>jar lid to dissolve the dried acryloid that is causing the problem. I hate 
>having to do this, because I think its diluting my acryloid, especially the 
>opaque version.
>
>Does anyone have an easier way for me to solve this problem of opening 
>these stuck jars?
>
>Thank you for your help,
>
>Christy
>
>Christy Jones
>Archivist
>MS Armed Forces Museum
>Camp Shelby, MS
>
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