David,
A few years ago our department switched over to using nitrile gloves
over cotton, for a number of reasons. Do you know of any studies that
deal with this material (either good or bad)?

Thanks for informing us about this issue!
Best,
Angela


On Sep 8, 2004, at 3:40 PM, David Harvey wrote:

> Lisa,
>
> You have to be extremely cautious about using those cotton gloves with
> the
> "grip" dots.
>
> As a conservator I (and many colleagues) have seen metal tarnish and
> transfer
> marks on other museum objects from using those type gloves. A
> conservation
> scientist from CCI (The Canadian Conservation Institute) heard about
> this and
> did a test on those gloves and found that they contained a plasticizer
> that
> transferred to the objects. I did a feature on the use of gloves in
> conservation
> and museums for the New Materials and Research Column that I edit for
> the AIC
> News (American Institute for Conservation) last year.
>
> The text of that column follows my signature line.
>
> Cheers!
> Dave
>
> David Harvey
> Objects Specialty Group Chair Emeritus, AIC
> Conservator
> Los Angeles, California  USA
> _________________________________________________

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