Lowly thoughts:

The first was that are many low-tech ways to put something protective under
the cases that will not catch on the slate's ridges  -tip slightly and slip
large sheet of heavy cardboard beneath,  -slip thick washcloths under feet
to slide, etc.

However, the real problem comes when you have to remove the protecting thing
and you have to tip the case even a teeny bit with artifacts in it. Unless
the artifacts are absolutely firmly fastened in place you just can't do it.

So, is there any way you can affix something to the bottom of the case while
it is empty that will not have to be removed? Low pile carpet scraps? Thick
felt?  Think the largere equivalent of those little felt dots you put under
lamps and ceramics to protect your table tops.

So, hark, the lesson is to those who are planning exhibit case systems...
make them so exhibits can be installed in place! 

Lucy Sperlin

-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Tracy Sullivan
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:45 AM
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Subject: Trying not to scrape the floors... advice?

Hi everyone. We currently have some (rather heavy) pedestal-base exhibit 
cases in a room with a slate floor. In order to install exhibits, the 
cases need to be moved a bit. The floor has been newly refinished and 
there is now concern that we are going to scrape the floor during 
installation. Does anyone know of something that we can place on the 
bottom of the cases to prevent scraping? The slate on the floor has some 
natural ridging that means the floor isn't perfectly flat.

Any thoughts are welcomed.

Thanks!
Tracy Sullivan

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Director, John Q. Adams Center for the History of Otolaryngology--Head and 
Neck Surgery
Alexandria, VA

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