[Scriptoris] Humidity and scrolls

[Julia]

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or have your girlfriends save them when buying new purses!

Julia
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Elisava Illiesca <
thebloodymistress at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> Damp Rid you can normally find at the grocery store or walmart in the
> household cleaning/laundry area
> -Elisava
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Celestria leDragon" <
> celestria.ledragon at gmail.com>
> To: "Scribes within Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <scriptoris at lists.ansteorra.org
> >
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [Scriptoris] Humidity and scrolls
>
>
>
> They were all painted with W&N gouache. We've had a lot of rain lately in
>> Austin and I've had the windows open enjoying the cooler weather...think
>> that might be part of the problem.
>>
>> I'm think of finding a plastic box with the silica gel that should do it.
>> Where can I find the silica gel packets or damp rid?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Celestria
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:54 AM, Don Whitney <dwhitney98 at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>  I think the scribes in Houston deal with this more regularly, since they
>>> live in 100%+ humidity, so they might have better ideas.  The first
>>> thought
>>> that occurred to me is wax paper, but you'd have to do that before you
>>> put
>>> them away, and it would smudge when you took it out, so that's probably
>>> not
>>> the best solution.  A dessicant in your scroll box might be a better one
>>> (silica gel or other), or perhaps a vacuum seal on your scroll box if
>>> it's
>>> very humid?
>>>
>>>  Do you happen to recall what kind of paint you used with the affected
>>> scrolls? I've never heard of this happening, and was wondering if it was
>>> specific to whatever you used to paint the scrolls (I wouldn't think W&N
>>> guaches would stick as much as, say, acrylic paint, but my only exposure
>>> to
>>> older painted scrolls is if I put one away and finish painting it months
>>> later, so I have limited experience in dealing with this problem.  I
>>> usually
>>> paint it, let it dry, and hand it off to a happy herald, where it's never
>>> to
>>> be seen or heard from again...).
>>>
>>> Silvius, waiting for it to dry enough to mow his lawn
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:34:59 -0500
>>> > From: celestria.ledragon at gmail.com
>>> > To: scriptoris at lists.ansteorra.org
>>> > Subject: [Scriptoris] Humidity and scrolls
>>> >
>>> > I had painted baronial awards in an envelopes I pulled them out to >
>>> scribe
>>> > names and dates for our event and they were stuck together and when I
>>> tried
>>> > to gently take them apart the paint came off. The paint was tacky. They
>>> were
>>> > painted months ago and dry when put away. Never had this happen before.
>>> Not
>>> > a happy scribe!!!
>>> >
>>> > What suggestions do you have on storing them? I had them in envelopes
>>> > according to award.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> > Celestria
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