I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this or not but Pelikan & others make good
white ink (please disregard if this has been mentioned).  I advise people to put
down a clear coat of B-72 and then choose the ink according to the colour of the
object (i.e., light for dark & vice versa). I find the numbering far more
discrete that way :).

Susan Maltby, Conservator

Quoting Heather-Marie Wells <[log in to unmask]>:

> I agree with letting UP know so many of us are having problems.  Before we
> started transfering ours to finger nail polish bottles we called them for
> suggestions and to find out if the drying out problems we were having was
> normal.  Their response to us was that this was the first they had heard of
> anyone having that problem.  At that point we told them every little
> problem
> we had with B-72 and most of their responses were, "huh, well just add some
> acetone and it should go back to normal."
>
> But for the price that's paid we felt like we shouldn't have to use our
> time
> constantly mixing acetone back in.
>
> Heather Marie Wells
>
> >From: "Lundskow, Peter" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: acryloid B-72, white
> >Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:13:56 -0500
> >
> >We have had the same problems and started using thin mylar under the lid
> to
> >deal with the problem.
> >I also have another suggestion.  Since so many of us are having the same
> >problem it might be a good idea for us to put together a letter with as
> >many
> >signatures as possible and send it to University Products requesting they
> >put the B-72 in a more user friendly bottle.  That big lidded jar just has
> >to much surface area for evaporation and some of the contents are wasted.
> >One suggestion might be they order empty nail polish bottles from some
> >distributor, not only would you have an easy open bottle but you would
> have
> >a built in brush. I believe that for what we pay for this product it
> should
> >be easy to use without us having to either go to lenghts to unstick the
> lid
> >or retrofit it.
> >I would be glad to write such a letter submit it to the list and people
> who
> >would like to sign it can contact me.  A good consumer is a proactive one!
> >Sincerely,
> >Peter Lundskow
> >Chief Conservator
> >Indiana State Museum
> >[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Erica Maniez [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 4:46 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: acryloid B-72, white
> >
> >
> >
> >Hi, folks,
> >
> >
> >
> >I'm wondering if anyone else has this problem - the only white labeling
> >medium that seems to be available right now is the acryloid B-72 available
> >from, I believe, University Products. My collections volunteers and I have
> >a
> >devil of a time getting the lid off. This sounds silly, but getting the
> jar
> >open to label items involves a lot of hot water, use of a jar opener, and
> >attempts by several individuals before we can break into the thing. We've
> >tried leaving the lid on looser, but then the whole jar just dries up.
> >We've
> >also tried painstakingly cleaning the rim of the jar before closing it
> >again, but that doesn't seem to do the trick either. We don't have the
> same
> >problem with the clear, strangely.
> >
> >
> >
> >Any ideas? Is it us? Should we be doing more bicep curls? Is there another
> >product that is easier to get to that we should know about?
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >
> >Erica
> >
> >
> >
> >Erica S. Maniez
> >
> >Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
> >
> >425/392-3500
> >
> >[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >www.issaquahhistory.org
> >
> >
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