Hello Beau,
To clarify, you're looking to adhere Chloroplast to the lighting fixtures? What type of material on the lighting fixture would this be adhered to? Or where and what would the Chloroplast be adhered to?
Generally three things come to mind to consider: Chloroplast is quite smooth and you may have trouble adhering it to things, especially if the other surface is smooth. You may need to roughen the surfaces or attach the Chloroplast in another way. Secondly, especially in the case, I'd be concerned with off gassing of materials. There are archival grade hot glues but I'm not sure of any caulking type materials, though there could be. Lastly, LED lights don't put out much heat but this may factor into the materials you choose to adhere the chloroplast.
William Shepherd
Collections Officer
Swift Current Museum
44 Robert Street West
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
S9H 4M9
Phone: 306-778-4815
Fax: 306-778-4818
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Archival glue/adhesive
Hello everyone,
I'm going to be working on a project to reduce lighting in our museum in the very near future. We have put in LED lights, thus reducing our electrical usage, cutting out ultraviolet, and reducing heat in the cases.
However, now the light levels are too high for our artifacts. So, we're going to be putting in a coroplast sheeting to diffuse some of the light and reduce the amount that gets to the sensitive artifacts. In some of our cases we will need to adhere pieces to the inside. I haven't figured out what adhesive to use yet, but was wondering if anyone has suggestions.
I had thought of hot-glue, but much of this will happen during our open hours, so don't think it's a great idea to have a hot glue gun with a cord that people could trip over. Someone suggested a caulking material, which I'm somewhat skeptical of. I'm looking for something that is durable, but wouldn't be too hard to remove if we needed to access the lights.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Beau Harris
Collections Manager
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium
St. Johnsbury, VT
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