Sponsored by the
Museum of Natural
Science, Louisiana State University
Lining for specimen trays
The type of tray should dictate what liner you
should use. If it is made of wood, then you want to protect the specimens
from the migration of various chemicals (most wood products have formaldehyde)
on to the specimens. If you have wood-based trays, then you would want to
use an inert barrier, such as ethafoam, with a piece of acid free paper placed
on top of the barrier. The latter is not necessary, however, by having
white, acid free paper it is easier to detect recent insect infestations.
Also, it looks much better than sitting on the translucent ethafoam. I
believe both of these products are available via Archivart.
Mark B.
Robbins
Ornithology
University
of Kansas Biodiversity Institute