The thread on insuring your collection prompted this question. If you have a gun safe is it a good idea to load it up with desiccants to reduce the humidity
to as low level as possible?
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Posts: 364 05/11/2009 21:00 |
Most safes will have a small hole in back to fish the plug for an electric "Goldenrod" to mount in the safe. Google it- self explanitory.
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Posts: 499 05/12/2009 09:07 |
We did have a thread on this a couple years back, and a fellow with some museum experience weighed in. Very low humidity is not a good idea at all, something
in the moderate range is better for the cane. If you can avoid a lot of seasonal variation, that's good, too. I once had a friend stick a rod in a gun safe
with a goldenrod for the winter. The cane had shrunk enough that the ferrule fit went slack, and the ferrules reacted with the gunpowder solvents, and had
turned yellow.
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Posts: 489 05/12/2009 18:18 |
I thought I had remembered that discussion correctly Tom. Seems to make sense that bamboo would need some moderate level of humidity similar to nice
furniture.
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Posts: 7 05/12/2009 22:04 |
Not meaning to throw credentials around, but I have nearly thirty years experience as a museum conservator (though not in bamboo), and I would second what Tom
says. Shoot for 50% 5% R.H. and around 70-72 degrees F, with as little seasonal variation as possible. Slow, cyclical variations are better than sudden,
rapid changes. If you can achieve anything close to that, you're doing better than most museums. The riskiest time of the year for most of you will
probably be the winter months, when you have the dry heat on. The older rods with hide glue will, of course, be more susceptible to dampness.
This discussion sparks some ideas. Do you guys think there is enough interest in this to warrant further development of a bamboo rod climate box? |
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Posts: 139 05/12/2009 22:32 |
I know that if you run a dehumidifier in a house for too long, you can damage floors, walls, furniture and everything else that contains moisture. Too little
humidity is bad as is too much. Most wood floors must be acclimated to their environment before installation (particularly in coastal environments) because
they are kiln dried and will absorb moisture from the air therefore swelling and buckling if installed too quickly. Conversely if you dry a floor out after
installation by using a dehumidifier, you will get big cracks in between the boards. Over dehumidifying can cause sheetrock to start cracking when the studs
shrink. When I dehumidify a a flood damaged property, it must be monitered daily until the proper percentage of moisture is present. Then the dehumidifiers are
turned off and removed. I would strongly suspect that something as finely crafted to tight tolerances as a bamboo rod can be adversely affected by removing too
much moisture.
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Posts: 1072 05/14/2009 07:56 Moderator |
Old B said, "Do you guys think there is enough interest in this to warrant further development of a bamboo rod climate box? "
I think something like this may have a very limited demand for museum pieces. I personally would not see the need for one for my collection. My .02$ worth. Tom |
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Posts: 315 05/14/2009 12:51 |
The ideal level of humidity is that which is found streamside, otherwise, I'd agree with Mr. Baleine. Cheers.
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Posts: 657 05/18/2009 02:56 |
educational thread.
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