It may be too expensive to put UV filtering film on the Depot's windows. The
film may also make it harder to clean the windows in the future.

One "solution" is to document the grafiti by photographing it (preferably
with black & white film), so at least you have a record of it if the fading
cannot be stopped.

Nancy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Issaquah Historical Society Info" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:50 PM
Subject: preserving hobo graffiti


> Greetings,
>
> We have some old hobo graffiti in our restored Depot and one of our
docents
> recently noticed that it's fading. It looks like it was done with India
ink.
> I'm wondering if anyone knows a way we could preserve it and prevent
further
> fading? We considered mounting some plexi-glass over it, but the graffiti
is
> on a sliding door, and I don't think there would be clearance if we
> installed plexi over it.
>
> The other consideration is that we are very small, in both staff and
budget,
> so we're looking for a relatively simple (but effective) fix.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
> Erica
>
> Erica S. Maniez
> Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
> 425/392-3500
> [log in to unmask]
> www.issaquahhistory.org
>
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