Painting will help, but not completely.  Select a water-borne
polyurethane.  How much air circulation do you have in your storage
area?  If you have good air circulation and good air exchange between
the storage area with respect to the surrounding building, that will
help to keep the concentrations of any wood acids or plywood adhesives
that may be given off.

I also like your idea about lining the slots with blue-board.  This will
help protect against contact corrosion (the blue-board becomes a
sacrificial layer) as well as help to reduce abrasion and damage to the
frames.  I would place blue-board against the uprights and sides (can
you hot-glue it into place?) as well as on the bottom.

Good luck.


Wendy Claire Jessup
President and Conservator
Wendy Jessup and Associates, Inc.
1814 N. Stafford St,
Arlington, VA 22207
(703) 522-2801
FAX: (703) 522-2802
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-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Lana Newhart
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: wood shelves

You can paint them with about 3 to 5 coats of polyeurathane paint to
help seal the offgassing.

Lana Newhart-Kellen
Registrar
Conner Prairie Living History Museum
13400 Allisonville Road
Fishers  IN  46038
317-776-6000 ext. 251
317-776-6014 fax

>>> [log in to unmask] 05/20/04 09:23AM >>>
Hello everyone

I wanted to get some ideas for this one.

I recently nabbed some plywood shelves.  They were previously used to
store
bound newspaper volumes.  They are not painted and are about 20" deep
and
each slot is 3-4" wide.  I want to tip them over and use them for framed
art
storage.  The slots are too small for me to reach in with a tacking iron
and
marvelseal.

I've been debating my options and I'm down to either:
1. cover with ethafoam and just leave it   OR
2. use blue-board or foam core to slide in for the inside walls

I know this will not stop or seal offgassing but -- the shelves would
help
with our small budget/small storage situation until we can have
something
better (don't know when that'll happen).

Any suggestions or other creative ideas?

Melissa
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