Beau,

Bleached fabric of any kind that has intimate contact with art and
historic objects is not a good practice - especially with cotton
gloves that wick moisture and perspiration into thier fabic.

I'd suggest just setting the stained gloves aside for other uses.

If you go into the Museum-L archives you'll see a posting some yeqars
ago from me about research into cotton gloves (with those dots). A
conservator scientist with CCI tested those as well as some plain
cotton gloves. Basically, if you take a very clean pane of glass or
plexi and wipe the glove on it, and it leaves a visible mark or smear,
then don't use that glove on art or historic objects.

Cheers!
Dave

David Harvey
Conservator
Los Angeles, California

On 7/3/07, George Harris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I was wondering about bleaching cotton gloves.  Is this acceptable for
> handling museum collections?  I was told that hypoallergenic detergent for
> washing and no fabric softeners.  Some of our gloves are fairly stained
> though.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Beau Harris
>
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