No... might be a dab of acetic acid though.

mike_mccue


FWIW,

This product seems to be widely used and recommended in the field of visual arts conservation.


Apparently, it is thought that handling cotton paper, matte board, and backing that has been neutralized to ph 7.0 with hands at 5.5 is not as conservative as handling the 7.0 paper with hands that have been temporarily treated to have a similar 7.0 ph.

FWIW,
 
Your hands, just like the rest of you, are constantly sweating and your sweat contains all sorts of minerals and oils which make it mildly acidic (actually more corrosive than acidic).
 
This is why conservators and librarians dealing with books/paper/parchment hundreds or thousands of years old wear gloves.

Karyn

mike_mccue

This is why conservators and librarians dealing with books/paper/parchment hundreds or thousands of years old wear gloves.

Wow! I didn't know conservators and librarians lived that long! Holy crap!

LOL

I thought this was a new spam post. Didn't understand why it had so many replies

Yup, gloves is where it's at! If you touch the Mona Lisa with bare hands - no matter what kind of soap you have used - you will get shot! Not by the police or security guards, but the kindest, nicest, most passionate art conservation expert you have ever met.

If anything, this would be great when toucing batteries and halogen light bulbs...

But I don't think this is much more than snake oil.

How ya doin' Lincoln!!!


Er...

I mean Bub



Nice avatar

I can see where it might keep the PH altered for longer than soap, but in the case of handling special materials, do you want to get the lotion on them anyway? Gloves, clean room protocals, it might be good for instruments, fretboards etc.

Here in Florida it takes about 30 seconds for a nice pair of white cotton gloves to get wet with all that sweat that has been mentioned. 


Same thing for the white socks.


:-)


The question might occur to some: What PH are the white cotton gloves?

I'll bet the socks are worse than the gloves

I thought they used latex cloves...

Maybe they use cotton too.

Cotton is ph 6,5-7. but I don't trust my source on this.

ProjectM


How ya doin' Lincoln!!!


Er...

I mean Bub



Nice avatar

I'm doing ok.

I suppose it's time to take down that avy. Surprised I didn't get banned for it. Heh.

I have the perfect one! Check back in a minute or two. HEHE!