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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 1363015, member: 8267&quot;]You may have already seen this, but the Canadian Conservation Institute has a small pamphlet on objects made from cellulose nitrate (here in pdf):</p><p><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/display-storage-objects-cellulose-nitrate.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/display-storage-objects-cellulose-nitrate.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/display-storage-objects-cellulose-nitrate.html</a></p><p>Unfortunately, it includes the statement that &quot;Although care in preparation of the cellulose nitrate and in fabrication of objects can reduce the rate of decay, no effective method has been found to completely stop it.&quot;</p><p>It is a case of what is described as &quot;inherent vice&quot;, meaning the seeds of destruction are inherent to the material.</p><p>My sympathies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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