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  • 1.  packing plexi bonnets

    Posted 07-14-2022 09:36 AM

    Hello All, does anyone have recommendations for packing plexi bonnets?  I have tried several different methods, but still often have slight scratches from cloth, cardboard, bubbles and foam. 

     

    All My Best,

    Alison

     

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    Exhibitions Coordinator/ Registrar

    Yale School of Architecture Gallery

    180 York St, New Haven Ct 06511

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  • 2.  RE: packing plexi bonnets

    Posted 07-15-2022 08:37 AM

    I've had good luck wrapping acrylic with clear plastic film. We use 24-inch wide rolls from Edward Don & Co. (#5P1069). The film protects against minor rubs and scratches, comes off cleanly, and is relatively inexpensive. It's normally used to wrap food, and I think it's PVC. (It's not the same as the stretch film for wrapping loads on pallets.)

    The only troubles I've had were when some cases were stored in a trailer where the temperature went above 100 degrees. The film evidently reacted with the acrylic leaving a mottled white surface that wouldn't polish out, and the bonnets had to be replaced.

    We use ¼-inch ethafoam sheets for padding outside the film. We use low-tack masking tape or painter's tape to hold the Ethafoam... that way we can reuse the same Ethafoam over and over for packing traveling exhibits.

    Chuck

     

     

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  • 3.  RE: packing plexi bonnets

    Posted 07-15-2022 09:26 AM

    Thanks Chuck!

     

    All My Best,

    Alison

     

    Alison K. Walsh

    Exhibitions Coordinator/ Registrar

    Yale School of Architecture Gallery

    180 York St, New Haven Ct 06511

    Office:    +01 203.432.2292

    Fax:        +01 203.432.7175

    Mobile:  +01 203.927.6554

     




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  • 4.  RE: packing plexi bonnets

    Posted 07-21-2022 03:12 PM
    You might also try posting this to the new Collections Stewardship community on Museum Junction. It's specifically made up of collections specialists.

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    Registrar/Collections Mgr
    Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Missouri - Columbia
    Columbia MO
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  • 5.  RE: packing plexi bonnets

    Posted 07-20-2022 12:09 PM
    Hi Alison,

    Is this long-term or short-term packing? Packing for a shelf or packing for transport? I think you could do a lot with just plastic. You could use oversized bags to be quick and easy about it or just buy sheet plastic and wrap them by hand with packing tape. We wrap out frame plex in plastic and store them in a flat stack (not ideal I know). We haven't had any scratching.

    Alternately (and untested by us) you could use a removable tape, the kind used in vinyl letter installation, sometimes called R-tape. They come in a variety of adhesives (light to heavy). This is more work, but might be nice for longer-term storage. 

    After the plastic wrap, you could them build up with ethafoam for extra padding so the vitrine can safely play bumper cars.

    For what it's worth, we don't wrap ours at all. they are fine. I'd love to hear what you come up with and how you iterate. Reach out anytime!

    Good Luck,
    Matt

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    Crocker Art Museum
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  • 6.  RE: packing plexi bonnets

    Posted 07-20-2022 12:51 PM

    Thank you, Matt.

     

    These are going into long term storage.  We have tried storing them with and without plastic sheeting.  The issue I have most is in transporting them.  they need to be strapped onto the pallets (large bonnets), and so we are often looking for an alternate solution for corner protection. When we use the cardboard corner protectors under the plastic, they scratch the face, if we use them over the plastic, there is smudging that occurs under the plastic as well.   

     

    Any ideas?

     

    All My Best,

    Alison

     

    Alison K. Walsh

    Exhibitions Coordinator/ Registrar

    Yale School of Architecture Gallery

    180 York St, New Haven Ct 06511

    Office:    +01 203.432.2292

    Fax:        +01 203.432.7175

    Mobile:  +01 203.927.6554

     




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  • 7.  RE: packing plexi bonnets

    Posted 07-20-2022 02:30 PM
    How about plastic, then ethafoam, then cardboard? There's a hardboard L-shaped corner available, probably found at something like New Haven Moving Co. I seem to always have some around and have never had to buy it. They would make good buffers for the plex. Then that gets a light shrink wrap to hold them in place. Sheet cardboard between large faces or those that stack to the 2nd level. 
    Relatedly, we use Brilliantize for our clean and polish plex. I feel like it leaves just a little something on the surface. If you do that before wrap, maybe that'll be a micro layer that will buff up well when you open these back up someday?
    Send a pic of your final if you can. I'd love to see your iterations. I'm a nerd for all this. Maybe I can work with you on an article for MuseumTrade.org so others can benefit from your journey?

    Good Luck,
    Matt

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    Exhibit Designer & Founder of MuseumTrade.org
    misble@crockerartmuseum.org
    Crocker Art Museum
    Sacramento CA
    misble@crockerartmuseum.org
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