The tyvek at lowes is the hard tyvek, which has limited uses. Also it has
writing on it, so cannot be directly against an artifact, the ink could
smear. I hear that sailboat supplirs may have soft tyvek, that is used for
sails, but never got a chance to investigate.
On Nov 2, 2011 2:39 PM, "Jerry Foust" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello,
> Has anyone seen tech. evaluations of different "types" or "styles" of
> Tyvek for use in museums?  I know that various archival supply resellers
> have Tyvek that is advertised as "archival" quality but in what way does
> that differ from the Tyvek at Lowes?  Thank you.
> Jerry
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