Jessica: I purchased our heat sealer from a company that makes packaging and shipping supplies (Associated Bag company). A 12" flat Impulse sealer was $105.85 versus the same 12" flat Impulse sealer from University Products advertised for $232.35. By the way, Associated Bay Co. is also a great source of reclosable, inexpensive polyethylene bags. Call 1-800-926-6100 for a catalogue or visit www.associatedbag.com Hope this helps, Nicolette Meister At 03:53 PM 2/28/03 -0500, you wrote: >Hi everyone- > >I'm getting ready to purchase some supplies for creating anoxic environments >to deal with possible infestation of collections objects. What I'm >wondering is, has anyone found an inexpensive alternative to a heat sealer >purchased from an archival supply company (for example, Gaylord's $200+ >barrier sealer). The basic process involves creating a pouch by heat >sealing all sides of two layers of film such as marvelseal or filmpak and >inserting oxygen scavengers to create an oxygen free environment, so the >seal has to be air tight. I hope I've given enough information to go on. Any >suggestions? Thanks is advance for your input. > >Jessica D. Trickett >Curator of Collections >Mahoning Valley Historical Society >648 Wick Avenue >Youngstown, Ohio 44502 >330/743-2589 >[log in to unmask] >www.mahoninghistory.org > > >******* [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by DTI Online - >www.dtionline.net] ******* > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read >"Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nicolette B. Meister, Curator of Collections Logan Museum of Anthropology 700 College Street Beloit, WI 53511 (608) 363-2305 FAX (608) 363-2248 http://www.beloit.edu/~museum/ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).