No No No!!!
Let’s have the conversation on the list… I’m
interested in this as well!
Cheers
Darryl MacKenzie, BSc, MA
Museum Director/ Administrator
Oliver and District Heritage Society
Box 847, Oliver, BC
V0H1T0
From:
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Sent: March-04-10 1:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Ag
Equipment Preservation
Julie,
No, No, No!
You do not "feed" wood with oil - never on antiques or heirloom
objects - never!
I have years of experience with outdoor agricultural and industrial artifacts.
Please contact me off the list.
Cheers!
Dave
David Harvey
Senior Conservator and Museum Consultant
Los Angeles, CA
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Julie Blood <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
Recently
a conversation came up between myself and some of my restoration volunteers
about how best to preserve all wood agricultural equipment that sit outside,
which are unprotected from the elements and an almond sheller/cracker that will
be put in an exhibit building that has extreme temperature and RH fluctuations
throughout the year. The building has an all metal roof, no insulation,
and a heater that is rarely on.
My
volunteers want to treat these wood artifacts, many of which are in poor
condition with a 50/50 solution of boiled linseed oil and turpentine. I
disagree with this treatment and am hesitant to allow it to happen, but feel
even if I tell them no, it will probably be done anyway (that’s a whole other
story). I’d like to get some valid information as to why this should or
should not be done. I was reading through the thread that addressed this
last July, but I don’t feel it answers my questions. Todd Stockwell
mentioned using a lubricant and corrosion inhibitor such as CRC 3-36 for metal
parts, but what about for wood?
Thanks,
Julie
Julie Blood
Collections and Exhibit Manager
San Joaquin County Historical Society & Museum
P.O.
Box 30, Lodi, CA 95241
(209)
331-2055
(209)
953-3460
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