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Re: archivally-safe products to clean filing cabinets
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"Jones, Virginia" <[log in to unmask]>
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Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:59:43 +0000
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It should be.

Ginny Jones 
(Virginia A. Jones, CRM, FAI) 
Records Manager 
Information Technology Division 
Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities 
Newport News, VA 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of charlene martin
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 4:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [RM] archivally-safe products to clean filing cabinets

I should add that I only have about 7 days for off-gassing. Our scheduled move-in date got moved up. Will that be enough time for vinegar mixtures to off-gas, if any is occurring?



On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Jones, Virginia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> As long as you plan to air them out (off-gas), you can use a number of 
> simple things from local stores.  Consider using isopropyl alcohol 
> (used for cleaning camera and scanner parts), white vinegar and water, 
> or (if they need scrubbing) white vinegar and table salt.
>
> Ginny Jones
> (Virginia A. Jones, CRM, FAI)
> Records Manager
> Information Technology Division
> Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities Newport News, VA 
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
> Behalf Of charlene martin
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 4:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [RM] archivally-safe products to clean filing cabinets
>
> I am moving 28 filing cabinets from a non-preservation environment to 
> one that is. These cabinets have likely never been cleaned or dusted.
>
> I really don't want to bring any of the dust or contaminants into the 
> new environment, so I think I should remove the contents of a filing 
> cabinet, clean the interior and exterior, let it off-gas, then put the 
> contents back in. I am going too far with this?
>
> I also think I should be avoiding any cleaning product that has 
> chlorine and ethanol in it - can I use castille soap and vinegar? Does 
> anyone know of archival storage-safe cleansing materials for housing 
> hardware such as filing cabinets, that I can buy at Walmart and not University Products?
>
> Thank you for your help with this!
>
> Charlene Martin
> Sisters of St Francis of the Neumann Communities Syracuse NY
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