Please don't let this get your conservation juices going. I am certainly not advocating taping textiles...just curious about the tapes in this particular case.
I recently opened two frames that were each about 12 years old. I didn't do the initial framing but both frames were done during the same year.
Both contained quilt pieces that were stretched over regular foamcore. Each piece was taped to its mat, two to three pieces of tape on each of the four sides.
One was taped with regular masking tape, the other one with a tape that I am almost sure is an acid-free, supposedly non-yellowing framing tape (at least it looks exactly like one I have in the shop).
What really amazed me is that the masking tape, although thoroughly dried out and starting to crumble (really ugly), came off without leaving the slightest bit of discoloration or residue on the fabric. The other tape had yellowed the fabric and left a really gummy residue.
I would have thought that the opposite would have occurred.
Was there a supposedly acid-free masking tape 10-12 years ago, or is this just one of those things that makes you go hmmmmmmm?
I recently opened two frames that were each about 12 years old. I didn't do the initial framing but both frames were done during the same year.
Both contained quilt pieces that were stretched over regular foamcore. Each piece was taped to its mat, two to three pieces of tape on each of the four sides.
One was taped with regular masking tape, the other one with a tape that I am almost sure is an acid-free, supposedly non-yellowing framing tape (at least it looks exactly like one I have in the shop).
What really amazed me is that the masking tape, although thoroughly dried out and starting to crumble (really ugly), came off without leaving the slightest bit of discoloration or residue on the fabric. The other tape had yellowed the fabric and left a really gummy residue.
I would have thought that the opposite would have occurred.
Was there a supposedly acid-free masking tape 10-12 years ago, or is this just one of those things that makes you go hmmmmmmm?
