Musuem of London Archaeological Archive: standards Appendix 5: Treatment card guidelines

Appendix 5: Treatment card guidelines

Coin - mechical clean RMCO DEGR INHI RINS DRIA COAT Coin - chemical clean RMCO RMCO RINS INHI RINS DRIA COAT Iron - clean And coat RMCO DRIA COAT Iron - clean inhibit RMCO INHI DRIA COAT Lead - electrolytic reduction RMCO RINS NEUT RINS DRIS RMCO DEGR Wood/metal composite PEGd RMSO BULK BULK RINS FROZ DRIF Leather - wet RMSO RINS PLAS mech; scalpel, brush, gbb immer; acetone; 15 mins immvac; BTA 3% in IMS; 30 mins + immer; 1hr immer; IMS; 1 hrs x 2 silica gel; 16 hrs brush; Icr 30% in toluene and matting agent

mech; scalpel, power pen immer; alk glycerol immer; deionw, changed daily; 10 days immvac; BTA 3% in IMS; 30 mins immer; IMS; 2 hrs silica gel; 16 hrs brush; Incr 30% in touluene and matting agent

mech; scalpel, brush, gbb silica gel; 20 hrs brush, Par B44 10% in toluene with matting

mech; scalpel, gbb brush;tannic acid 2.5% in deionw/IMS silica gel; 3 days brush; Par B44 10% in with mixing agent

electro; sodium hydroxide 5%; 15 mins immer; running tapwa; 15 mins immer; sulphuric acid, ph 3; 10 mins immer; running tapwa; 1 hr immer; acetone; 15 mins mech; brush immer; acetone; 15 mins

mech; brush, tapwa immer; PEG200 to 15% 5 months immer; PEG 4000 20% 7 months immer; tapwa 4 weeks mech; tapwa, brush immer; running tapwa; 16 hrs immer; glycerol 20%; 3 days

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Musuem of London Archaeological Archive: standards Appendix 5: Treatment card guidelines

FROZ DRIF Glass - wet DEWA DEWA CONS CONS Shale - wet RMSO DEWA CONS CONS DRIV CONS ADHE

14 days

immer; deionw/IMS 50:50; 7days immer; IMS x 2 7 days immac; Par B72 10% in toluene; 30 mins immer; Par B72 10% in toluene; 2 days

mech; tapwa, brush immer; deionw/IMS graded baths; 7 days imvac; PVB B98 2.5% in toluene/IMS; 10 mins + immer; 24 hrs immvac; PVB B98 5% in toluene/IMS; 10mins + immer; 48 hrs toluene brush; PVB B98 5% in toluene/IMS HMG Par B72

Notes: 1. Solutions (examples): in solvent Par B72 10% in toluene PVB B98 5% in toluene/MS 20:80 IMS (solvent name alone = 100%) sulphuric acid 10%

in water

1. On treatment cards, give more detail re cleaning method, electrolysis conditions, concentrations, numbers of changes, method of rinsing, numbers of coats, etc. It is not necessary to use exactly the same works on the treatment card and you can use more concise ways of giving the information. For example, for copper INHI immvac; BTA 3% in IMS; 10 mins + alloy in BTA: immer; 2 hrs 2. Treatment of an object with parts: If you want to write about two parts separately do a general treatment for the whole first (i.e. RMDU or RMSO) then go on to each part. This is because there has to be a treatment entry for the whole object. for example: RMDU whole mech; brush CONS wood brush; Par B72 10% in acetone4 RMCO iron mech: scalpel, brush Abbreviations or treatments brush gbb immer immvac leectro mech brushed glass bristle brushed immersed immersed in vac electrolytically cleaned mechanically cleaned

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min mins months swab vac Materials a/f deionwa dil tapwa soln

minute minutes months swabbed vacuumed

acid free deionised water dilute tap water solution

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