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Shaving Cream: Genealogist’s Friend or Cemetery Conservator’s Foe?

Shaving Cream: Genealogist’s Friend or Cemetery Conservator’s Foe?

We do not advocate the use of shaving cream for investigating inscriptions on stone. The shaving cream has natural emollients for softening the skin. These emollients have oils and moisture holding agents that can have detrimental effects on the stone.


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NCPTT visits Hybrid Plastics

NCPTT visits Hybrid Plastics

NCPTT and Hybrid Plastics are partnering to make and use POSS modified polymers in preservation applications. Researchers and preservationists discussed the potential of developing new nanotechnologies for application to preservation problems.


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New Life for Native Artifacts

New Life for Native Artifacts

Recent research reveals bacteria may be the biggest ally in the fight to preserve ancient artifacts from erosion and deterioration.


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The Other White “Paint”

The Other White “Paint”

Limewash is enjoying renewed interest as a protectant for historic structures, thanks in part to research undertaken by NCPTT and its partners.


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Carol Chin joins NCPTT research staff

Carol Chin joins NCPTT research staff

Carol Chin has joined NCPTT as a joint faculty researcher in the National Center’s Materials Research Program. The position is held in partnership with Northwestern State University of Louisiana


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Carol Chin

Carol Chin holds a Ph.D. in Marine Geology from Oregon State University.  Additionally she has served on the Corvallis Historic Preservation Advisory Board and was the recipient of the Elisabeth Walton Potter Historic Preservation Award in 2003.


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Application and Preparation of Limewash Video (2008-07)

Application and Preparation of Limewash Video (2008-07)

This six minute video explains how to prepare and apply limewash.


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Conservation and Art Materials Dictionary (2000-07)

Conservation and Art Materials Dictionary (2000-07)

Knowledge of material properties, reactivity and history can be crucial to conservation treatment success and safety.


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Report for NCPTT on Funding Priorities in Materials Conservation (1996-07)

Report for NCPTT on Funding Priorities in Materials Conservation (1996-07)

The AIC polled its membership in May 1996 via a mail-survey to provide an updated and refined list of the most critical needs for research and training in the field of materials conservation.


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An Evaluation of Supercritical Drying and PEG/Freeze Drying of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood (2007-04)

An Evaluation of Supercritical Drying and PEG/Freeze Drying of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood (2007-04)

This study evaluates the physical effects of drying waterlogged archaeological wood using supercritical carbon dioxide as compared to air drying and the polyethlene gylcol (PEG)/freeze drying method.


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New Custom Polymers Technology

NCPTT’s materials research program hosted representatives from Hybrid Plastics. The company specializes in new resin and plastics based on a new chemical technology called POSS.


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Stace Miller Awarded B.S. in Chemistry and Math

Stace Miller, a longtime undergraduate intern at NCPTT, received a B.S. in chemistry and an B.S. in Math from Northwestern State University of Louisiana on May 9.


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Materials Research Hosts Four Summer Interns

NCPTT will host four interns in its materials research program this summer: Molly McGath, Catherine Arseneaux, Candida D’Avanzo, and Paige Isaacs.


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Striegel Presents ‘Protecting and Preserving Louisiana’s Historic Legacy’

Mary Striegel of NCPTT presented at the 2008 Louisiana Library Association Annual Meeting, held March 4-6 in Shreveport.


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Basics in Iron Fence Care

Materials Research Chief Mary Striegel and Materials Conservator Jason Church conduct a TEL NPS course “Essentials in Cemetery Monument Care.”


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NCPTT 2008 Summer Internships

NCPTT is now advertising its 2008 summer internship opportunities in architecture and engineering, archeology and collections, heritage education, historic landscapes and materials conservation.


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Caleb Johnson Joins NCPTT Materials Research Program as a Graduate Assistant

Caleb Johnson Joins NCPTT Materials Research Program as a Graduate Assistant

Caleb Johnson recently joined NCPTT’s materials research program as a graduate assistant.


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Dr. Catherine Situma Joined Materials Research Program at NCPTT

Dr. Catherine Situma Joined Materials Research Program at NCPTT

Dr. Catherine Situma joined the NCPTT materials research program in the NCPTT/NSU joint faculty position.


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Essentials in Cemetery Monument Care

Essentials in Cemetery Monument Care

Materials Research Chief Mary Striegel and Materials Conservator Jason Church conduct a TEL NPS course “Essentials in Cemetery Monument Care” broadcast on January 30, 2007.


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APTI Conference

APTI Conference

NCPTT materials research staff Dr. Tye Botting and Sarah Jackson presented research at the annual APTI conference on Sept. 15, 2006, in Atlanta.


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