Hello there, My institute will soon be acquiring an artwork consisting of six painted eucalyptus tree trunks (hollow). We are looking into heat treatment as a pest eradication method as our anoxic chamber is out of commission, and I would love to get your advice/experiences as I haven’t undertaken a heat treatment before. We would be using a contractor with a humidity controlled heat chamber and can choose the temperature and humidity settings, as well as length of time for the treatment.
Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated, particularly around treatment details, i.e. length of time to get material core up to temperature, how long to keep material at temperature, and length of cool down period. Thank you! Best, Jessica Jessica Gray Conservation Laboratory Technical Officer Strategic Collections (She/Her) MAAS acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Jessie Gray Conservation Laboratory Technical Officer Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences 500 Harris Street, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW 2007 Australia MAAS acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/SYYP282MB1103D9251A3CCDC5AF218966FC599%40SYYP282MB1103.AUSP282.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
