Re: [AMIA-L] Floor Covering for vault

[Lynn Boyden <lynn@xxxxxxxx>]

i don't know if anyone's evaluated this product or not, but my husband and i
used a product called 'marmoleum' from forbo on the kitchen & bedroom floors
of our "green" house.  it's a recycled content, cork-based product, and it
has virtually no volatile organic compounds to off-gas.  they've got more
information at www.forbo-industries.com/.

all that AND it comes in great colors.  check out 'asian tiger'.  --lynn


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-----Original Message-----
From: Association of Moving Image Archivists
[mailto:AMIA-L@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter Goed
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 6:11 AM
To: AMIA-L@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [AMIA-L] Floor Covering for vault


Seems to me that it is a well known fact that the glues used in
manufacturing chipboard will accelerate VS in film.  The chemicals in vinyl
floor coverings are likely to be even worse for archival materials, and the
glues to fix the vinyl to the chipboard definitely have a catastrophic
impact on archival film materials.

Go with the expert here, chip out the floor to put in the rails - there
really is no safe alternative if you still want to have any worthwhile
materials in your vault after only a few years.

Peter Goed,

Redcliffe Picture palace Museum and Archive
Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia.



> Jim Wheeler wrote:
>
> > Vinyl is a good floor covering.  If you buy the vinyl at a Industrial
> > facility, they should have a staff person who will know how to seal the
> > chipboard so that it will not be a problem.  It may only be a matter of
> > sealing the chipboard along the seam where two pieces of vinyl meet as
well
> > as the area around each track.  The glue used to hold down the vinyl
will
> > help keep the chipboard together.
>
> But there are a whole heap of question marks over these materials,
> (Vinyl and the adhesive), for use in archival storage facilities.
>
> I would be more inclined to go along with Jeff and channel out the
> concrete. Messy, but you can rest assured that you will have the best
option.
>
> --
> Peter Amsden,
> ASAT Productions
> Argyll, Scotland