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Subject: RE: [Fwd: spray painting map cases]
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 15:31:39 -0500
From: "Crissinger, John" <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Greetings Alice! Wish you the best, maybe time to schedule that around
the world cruise for 5 years! Anyway, we had our shelving painted while
I was in S. Carolina. Not quite the same as map cases but the same
material type. I was quite surprised. Minimal mess, and I don't recall
odor much past the time of actual painting.
The process was electromagnetic I believe. (I wouldn't even consider
normal spray painting.) They painted the shelves sitting right on the
carpet (new building we were moving into) and not so much as a whiff was
ever found on the carpet. Somehow the paint (or shelves) is charged to
attract to the shelves and goes nowhere else. I believe our vendor was
out of Charlotte, but I could check if that becomes important. I would
imagine you are talking metal cases so they should react the same way.
I suggest you have a potantial vendor visit you and explain the process
and calm your apprehension. Will you paint the inside of the drawers or
just the outside. I am not sure how long lasting the results are since I
left down there within a couple of years of the job, but at the time
wear & tear looked similar between the new and the repainted shelves.
Hope this helps. Give me a shout if you have any questions...John
John D. Crissinger
Head Librarian
Newark Campus Library
OSUN/COTC
Newark, OH 43055
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(740) 366-9306
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Subject: [Fwd: spray painting map cases]
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Subject: spray painting map cases
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:11:23 -0500
From: "ahudson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Mapsters,
NYPL Map Div. is about to undergo renovation. [yes, your prayers for our
recovery are welcome!]
One aspect of the work we are considering is to spray paint the map
cases,
rather than purchase new [inferior] cases or flat files.
We are concerned about processes; protection of the collections;
off-gassing; costs, etc.
We have some 300,000 maps in 3-5 drawer units here in the rooms to be
renovated. Another 100,000+ are in storage,and probably will not be
painted.
Just wonder what others have experienced with spray painting; and long
term
effects...chipping? vapors?
Any input from the map library community is most welcome as we approach
Armageddon [and I do not mean Osama, I mean Renovation!]
Alice H.
Alice C. Hudson
Chief, Map Division
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117
New York, NY 10018-2788
[log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027
http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html
The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson
Henderson
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