What we do (and don't tell the museum folks this, they tend to go
ballistic) is to put down a small layer of white out, let is dry, and then
write on that. Once the ink dries, put on a coat of clear nail polish on it.
This is how we mark all our artifacts, including the metal.
At 11:57 AM 9/8/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Anita,
>
>I didn't think it would be 'proper' to remove it...and possibly cause a
>unstability problem for curation.....but HOW does one go about wrting a
>label on the items...when this stuff wont take the ink....or peels off as
>you attempt...but not necessarily exposing a clear surface. ??
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