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A couple of additional thoughts. Wooden pallets, whether standard or made of 4x4s and plywood, aren't just a concern with surface contact. They give off vapors from all of their surfaces, and these can harm the newspaper volumes. In fact, the poor quality of newsprint paper makes them particularly susceptible to harmful components in the air. It is not possible to fully seal all of the wooden surfaces. Thus, Elizabeth's idea of polypropylene pallets sounds much better than wood.

If you do decide to go with wood, abrasion/tearing of the isolation layer is a concern. I would be wary of aluminum foil for this reason. Coroplast should be fine. Good luck!

Marc

American Conservation Consortium, Ltd.
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Marc A. Williams, President
     MS in Art Conservation, Winterthur Museum Program
     Former Chief Wooden Object Conservator, Smithsonian Institution
     Fellow, American Institute for Conservation (AIC)

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Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:12 AM

Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Archival Storage Question

Depending on size, you may be able to do well with basic plastic pallets from suppliers like McMaster Carr or Uline, since you will not have to pay for labor for assembly, they may also have half size plastic ones if space is an issue. They sell for $20-30 each and nest for easy storage when not full. They are also polyethylene so are much less of an offgassing issue.

For plywood or to smooth the surface of the plastic pallets, coroplast gives two layers of smooth plastic and an air layer in between, giving some degree of a vapor barrier as well as smooth surface that protects the bindings from scrapes and scratches. It can also be bought from commercial vendors at very low cost, some (I know for sure that Acorn in Southern CA) will cut it to size before delivery for very little additional cost.

Elizabeth Walton
www.waltonmuseumservices.com

On 10/28/2009 7:48 PM, Susan Floyd wrote:
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Our small historical society needs to store large bound newspaper publications. We had considered pallets but instead are opting for 4X4 covered with plywood. I know there should be a barrier between the plywood and the volumes.

I am hoping for suggestions from the list.

Thanks,

Susan in So CA
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