SUPPLIES

As well as providing expert conservation services, DFHCS also supplies high quality products that assist in the preservation, display and accessibility of heritage, private and archival collections. Products from the following suppliers are sold through DFHCS. See Price List for prices and availability.

St. Armand

The Saint-Armand paper mill was established by David Carruthers in 1979. They produce handmade papers, machine-made Canal papers, and the sanded paper Sabretooth. Their paper is used for cover stock, boxes, labels and folders. They also make pads, books, presentation folders and invitations.

The Saint-Armand handmade papers are made one sheet at a time following traditional methods. The sheets have 4 deckled edges and no grain direction. Pulping is mechanical, using only water and rags, which keeps the fibres long and pliable. The paper is made without chemical or bleaching agents, with white paper made from white tee-shirt off-cuts, and blue paper is made from blue denim.

Canal papers are 22" x 30" sheets with two deckled edges and two cut edges, grain long. The white is available in block pads for watercolour and sketches. The black denim makes a good background for photographic albums. There are approximately 20 different types of Canal paper made from linen, sisal, flax, cotton and denim.
Sabretooth is a sanded pastel paper with a marble dust coating is applied to 100% rag paper. It resists turpentine and water wash and is ideal for dry pastel, charcoal, paintstick and oil pastel.

DFHCS sells the full line of St. Armand Canal papers, Old Master Drawing papers, and many of the Decorative and Coloured papers (formerly sold under the company name of Papermakers Choice*). Images of the papers can be found online at la Papeterie St. Armand’s bilingual website http://www.st-armand.com/index.php . Prices for St. Armand papers sold through DFHCS can be found in the Price List

Conservation Resource

Conservation Resources International develops and provides high quality conservation and archival storage materials for the preservation and display of heritage, private and archival collections.

DFHCS sells many of CRI’s boxes, folders and paper/board and can obtain other products upon demand. The full line of CRI products is available at http://www.conservationresources.com.

Prices for the CRI products sold through DFHCS can be found in the Price List.

Artifex

DFHCS is a Canadian supplier for Artifex Equipment Inc. Artifex's tools and supplies assist in the recovery of water damaged books, documents and works on paper. Their products can be used both in emergency preparedness situations and at the bench for humidification, flattening and adhesive attachment for boxes, books and works of art.

The Vacme Press was designed as a production tool for clamshell boxmaking. Because it is light-weight, portable and can be easily stored away from the workbench, it is an effective alternative to the cast iron screw-press.

Zorbix to patented super absorbent sheets can be used to dry water-damaged books and documents in days instead of weeks. Simple pressure or weights will move the water from the document to the super-absorbent active ingredient within Zorbix. Zorbix also serves as a humidification device similar to Gore Tex, but many times cheaper.

DFHCS carries Zorbix and can supply the Vacme Press upon demand. Detailed information on Artifex equipment and supplies can be found at http://www.artifexequipment.com/index.html . Prices for the Artifex products sold through DFHCS can be found in the Price List.

Atrix

Atrix International, Inc. manufactures a complete line of industrial and commercial vacuums, including HEPA and ULPA vacuums, Field Service Vacuums, Backpack Vacuums, Clean Room Vacuums, Electronic Vacuums, Toner Vacuums, Abatement Vacuums, Pest Management (Bug) Vacuums and Upright Vacuums.

DFHCS carries three of their HEPA filtration vacuums that are convenient, safe and economical options for vacuuming dry particulate matter: the lightweight Express, the Omega and the larger High-Capacity floor model. We also carry their Omega Green Supreme IPM vacuum.

Detailed information on Atrix vacuums can be found on the Atrix website at www.atrix.com . Prices for Atrix vacuums sold through DFHCS can be found in the Price List.

Book Review: Rust Never Sleeps

It is creative, clever, compact, and colourful! In this booklet Rust Never Sleeps, Susanne Sutherland, Conservator, Parks Canada, Prairie and Northern Centre in Winnipeg, has carefully adopted the iconic title of the 1979 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, and transformed it into a useful conservation reference. The book is a handy, quick-at-a-glance guide that focuses on the identification of typical corrosion products and the care of metals in collections.

While the book was created to serve as a tool for staff at Parks Canada Historic Sites to assess the condition of collections, the museum studies and conservation training programs at Fleming College in Peterborough have utilized it as a text book since it was first published. The book is easy to comprehend; its simplicity is brilliant and it is reasonably priced. Complex corrosion products are presented in easy to understand terms, each supported with engaging, high quality visuals and images. It is an information asset for any conservation or heritage professional.

The book is the result of unique international collaborations and partnerships involving Parks Canada, The Canadian Conservation Institute, the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, and the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

Gayle McIntyre
Co-ordinator,Museum and Conservation Management and Curatorship Programs
Sir Sandford Fleming College, Peterborough, Ontario

The authors and contributors to the publication deserve credit and praise for passing on and preserving their knowledge base in such a tangible way.

Copies of the booklet are available at $15.00 each.