[pure-silver] Re: keeping negatives dry and safe on the gulf coast

 
On Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at 08:12PM, "Shannon Stoney" 
<shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Where can you get silica gel?
>
>--shannon
The cheapest source is Florist suppliers'. Its used for making dried flowers
I bought in bulk (7kg, $30 + shipping) from a supplier in Germany, but it 
shouldn't be too hard to find something locally
All the best
Larry Cuffe 
>
>
>On Mar 18, 2009, at 4:32 PM, Laurence Cuffe wrote:
>
>>
>> On 18 Mar 2009, at 19:40, Sauerwald Mark wrote:
>>
>>> One option is a cooler (ice chest).  They are reasonably inexpensive,  
>>> and if you put your stuff inside,  close it, and then run some duct  
>>> tape around the top, it will be waterproof, and  will protect the  
>>> contents from short term exposure to heat (or freezing).
>>>
>>> I used to use one of these, lined with foam, to hold my underwater  
>>> camera equipment. 
>>>
>>>
>> When I moved to the states about three years ago I left a considerable  
>> body of negatives in the garage here in Ireland for a proposed  
>> duration of at least two years unsupervised with a RH of Circa 80%. I  
>> sealed (duct tape) most of them into big cheap plastic storage boxes,  
>> and I put a couple of bags of dried silica Gel (Say 50g) into each  
>> box.  They seem to have worked out OK.
>> All the best Larry Cuffe
>>>
>>> --- On Wed, 3/18/09, Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: keeping negatives dry and safe on the  
>>>> gulf coast
>>>> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 2:25 PM
>>>>
>>>> Good idea.  We use those for papers, documents, etc.  I guess if  
>>>> there is no substantial flooding, where they would float and then  
>>>> capsize, they would work.  They could be on a high shelf.
>>>>
>>>> I saw a lot of floating and capsizing in NOLA after Katrina.  But my  
>>>> biggest worry here is not catastrophic flooding, but rather a tree  
>>>> falling on the roof and letting in rain.
>>>>
>>>> --shannon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 18, 2009, at 12:30 PM, eyefem2001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Hi Shannon,
>>>> >  
>>>> > I'm in Houston as well.  Honestly, I never considered it (maybe I  
>>>> should... big trees missed the house by a few yards during  
>>>> Ike!!).... I saw plenty of rented storage buildings that lost their  
>>>> roofs during the storm.  Some rental places are better than others.   
>>>> How about heavy-duty plastic storage bins kept in your house or  
>>>> office?  Not fire-proof, but would likely be kept dry (if not blown  
>>>> away!).
>>>> >  
>>>> > Guess I'm not much help.. but I am also very interested in  
>>>> suggestions.
>>>> >  
>>>> > Valerie
>>>> >  
>>>> >
>>>> >  
>>>> >
>>>> > --- On Wed, 3/18/09, Shannon Stoney  
>>>> <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> >> From: Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> >> Subject: [pure-silver] keeping negatives dry and safe on the gulf  
>>>> coast
>>>> >> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 12:09 PM
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hi, every summer I leave my darkroom in Houston and go to TN to  
>>>> be a farmer
>>>> >> again.  Every summer for the past ten years I have parked my  
>>>> negatives in my
>>>> >> partner's office, at the University of Houston. It seemed like a  
>>>> safe place,
>>>> >> as it was a relatively new building, with sprinklers for fire,  
>>>> etc.  At least,
>>>> >> it seemed safer than our old house.  But that proved not to be  
>>>> the case:  last
>>>> >> summer, Hurricane Ike blew the roof of his office building, and  
>>>> his office got
>>>> >> really wet.  Luckily my negatives were in a file cabinet that  
>>>> didn't get
>>>> >> wet, but it was close.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> So, I'm trying to figure out how to keep them dry in the event of  
>>>> a
>>>> >> hurricane this summer.  We have a better house now, but it could  
>>>> still get a
>>>> >> tree blown down on its roof. His office building is fixed  
>>>> supposedly, but you
>>>> >> never know.  I have been thinking that I would like to find a  
>>>> storage place,
>>>> >> maybe like a rented storage, for my negatives over the summer.  
>>>> What kind of
>>>> >> place should I look for?  I have a lot of negatives, some in  
>>>> plastic binder
>>>> >> boxes, and some 4x5 negatives in paper sleeves in cardboard boxes.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I have a fireproof waterproof safe in TN where I keep a few of my  
>>>> most precious
>>>> >> negatives, but it doesn't hold very many, and bigger versions of  
>>>> this safe
>>>> >> seem pretty expensive.  Do other folks on this list worry about  
>>>> flooding and
>>>> >> fire?  how do you protect your negatives when you're gone, etc?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --shannon
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> http://shannonstoney-twors.blogspot.com/
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>>>> >>
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