PAPER AND PRESERVATION: Can colored mat board be made No. 3 Downloaded from http://meridian.allenpress.com/american-archivist/article-pdf/44/1/77/2746762/aarc_44_1_d61p521j26255415.pdf by guest on 02 October 2021 in a series to meet museum standards? of discussions on paper products in conservation Yes, but not easily. The overriding requirement in ever, are direct dyestuffs and remain longer and stronger than any mat board selected for pigments, both of which elimi- refined wood pulp fibers. archival use is freedom from nate or minimize the use of acid acid. Not only must the front mordants. Pigments bond to the and back facings be acid-free, fibers physically, rather than We offer 100 per cent cotton but the center of the board as chemically, requiring the use of fiber Archivart* Museum Board well, to avert any possibility of retention aids and surface sizing. in a range of ten carefully acid migration. selected shades and tones, For lasting protection against colored all the way through to Colored mat board represents acid contamination from the eliminate the problem of a some special problems, both environment or adjacent contrasting color, which would technical and esthetic. Clearly, materials, we include in our mat otherwise appear when a bevel the colors should complement boards an alkaline buffering window is cut. the work being framed, rather agent, providing an alkaline than offer an independent reserve which neutralizes any Also available, for those statement. Often a subtle color tendency for the cellulose fibers applications when even a small will accomplish this better than to be weakened, over time, by economy is significant, is our white. And achieving color in acid from any source, internal acid-free Archivart Conservation an acid-free board requires the or external. Board, made of highly refined strictest controls, not only of wood pulp. It is offered in four the original fibers and sizings These protective measures do colors; again, colored all the way but of the dyes themselves. add to cost. It has therefore through. seemed sensible, to us, to Most paper dyes require concentrate primarily on mat We invite you to write us for chemical additives (called boards of premium grade, made samples of these boards, and mordants) to affix them of 100 per cent cotton fibers. for our catalogue of archival- permanently to the paper fibers. These, being almost pure cellu- standard conservation products. The mordants used in lose, without the lignin found in We welcome your comments on papermaking, more often than wood fibers, require less cook- the information and the products not, are acid. Thus, most colored ing, bleaching and refining. They discussed in this series. papers (including, unfortunately, •Archivart is a trademark of Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation. most mat boards used in commercial framing) lean distinctly to the acid side. There are alkaline dyes, but they PROCESS MATERIALS CORPORATION are fugitive: they lack light- A LINDENMEYR COMPANY fastness. 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