Subject: Gap-filling materials for glass
I am currently treating a collection of ancient (Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine) glass for our Museum's upcoming traveling exhibit on Roman glass. A small number of these vessels will require structural fills and I am trying to identify a suitable brandname material (epoxy or polyester resin) available in the US. Most of this glass is quite thin walled (2 to 5 mm) and some is quite transparent. I will be doing both cast film fills (per Loretta Hogan's note in Conservation News, No. 50, p. 29-30) and cast-in-situ fills. Does anyone have experience with any material that they found to have good working properties, reasonable aging, and the ability to be coloured? And what coloring agents have proved successful and stable? I'd appreciate any info on others' experiences with these materials. Thanking you in advance. Lynn A. Grant Conservator University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 33rd and Spruce Sts. Philadelphia PA 19104 215-898-2787 *** Conservation DistList Instance 9:50 Distributed: Saturday, December 23, 1995 Message Id: cdl-9-50-008 ***Received on Friday, 15 December, 1995