-------- Original Message -------- 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]> ------------------ 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 [log in to unmask] (740) 366-9306 -----Original Message----- From: Johnnie D. Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:01 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Fwd: spray painting map cases] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: spray painting map cases Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:11:23 -0500 From: "ahudson" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] ------------------ 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