P3D Re: Re Stereocard Scorecard

[Tom Deering <tmd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>prints which apear to have been attacked by fungus probably due to the use
>of flour and water. I am also suprised that rice paper used in 500 year old
>Japanese prints lasts so long   they must be kept very dry as they could
>more easily be broken down by microbes than cellulose would be.

I don't think "archival" means "impervious to moisture."  I assume
"archival" in this sense means the glue will not actively attack the paper
or chemically change over time.

I don't know of many materials that will survive long if they are allowed
to get wet.

Tom



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