Comment by jb1991 7 months ago Amazingly, the woman in one photo is not even using gloves to touch this ancient document. 6 comments jb1991 Reply pimlottc 7 months ago Modern practice recommends using clean, ungloved hands for documents in most circumstances. Gloves reduce dexterity, making tears more likely.https://ask.loc.gov/preservation/faq/337286https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/handling-historic-colle...https://info.gaylord.com/resources/for-the-glove-of-preserva... qingcharles 7 months ago This. But anything glossy I would always switch to gloves, even though they are annoying, because otherwise oils get everywhere. thih9 7 months ago This is the recommended way to handle old books.> We're often led to believe that wearing gloves is essential when handling precious books. In fact, it poses a serious risk of damaging them.https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/our-cause/history-heritage/... dmbche 7 months ago Best practices today are clean hands and no gloves as it lessens chance of tearing paper as you have better dexterity if I recall correctly syncsynchalt 7 months ago Not to mention that vellum isn't damaged by skin oils - it's already animal skin and contains its own oils.
pimlottc 7 months ago Modern practice recommends using clean, ungloved hands for documents in most circumstances. Gloves reduce dexterity, making tears more likely.https://ask.loc.gov/preservation/faq/337286https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/handling-historic-colle...https://info.gaylord.com/resources/for-the-glove-of-preserva... qingcharles 7 months ago This. But anything glossy I would always switch to gloves, even though they are annoying, because otherwise oils get everywhere.
qingcharles 7 months ago This. But anything glossy I would always switch to gloves, even though they are annoying, because otherwise oils get everywhere.
thih9 7 months ago This is the recommended way to handle old books.> We're often led to believe that wearing gloves is essential when handling precious books. In fact, it poses a serious risk of damaging them.https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/our-cause/history-heritage/...
dmbche 7 months ago Best practices today are clean hands and no gloves as it lessens chance of tearing paper as you have better dexterity if I recall correctly syncsynchalt 7 months ago Not to mention that vellum isn't damaged by skin oils - it's already animal skin and contains its own oils.
syncsynchalt 7 months ago Not to mention that vellum isn't damaged by skin oils - it's already animal skin and contains its own oils.
Modern practice recommends using clean, ungloved hands for documents in most circumstances. Gloves reduce dexterity, making tears more likely.
https://ask.loc.gov/preservation/faq/337286
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/handling-historic-colle...
https://info.gaylord.com/resources/for-the-glove-of-preserva...
This. But anything glossy I would always switch to gloves, even though they are annoying, because otherwise oils get everywhere.
This is the recommended way to handle old books.
> We're often led to believe that wearing gloves is essential when handling precious books. In fact, it poses a serious risk of damaging them.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/our-cause/history-heritage/...
Best practices today are clean hands and no gloves as it lessens chance of tearing paper as you have better dexterity if I recall correctly
Not to mention that vellum isn't damaged by skin oils - it's already animal skin and contains its own oils.