Hello--

I was at a seminar a few months ago, and one of the speakers mentioned that their institution had switched to a new method of labeling objects.  Rather than

brushing on a  barrier coat of acryloid/paraloid, hand writing a number in ink, and  finishing off with an acryloid/paraloid top coat...

They were instead laser printing very small labels in advance on very thin paper, laying down a layer of acryloid/paraloid, adhering the label to the acrylic, and finishing with another layer of acryloid.

The reasons given for this method were that the labels were more legible, and that they are more reversible.  They indicated that the traditional method often proved not to be as reversible as desired, because the ink often smeared and a white tinted base coat often did not come off well with acetone.

Is anyone using the second method of object labeling?  Any comments on it? Are there any guidelines or articles describing the process?

Thanks,

Nancy Jenner

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