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Sunlight and what to do about it
I recently purchased some nice bookshelves that have glass windows for
doors. I got them primarily so the doors will keep the dust out and better protect my collectable's. However, I have a dilemma. In the afternoon, the Sunlight makes it way through the opposing windows and huge half circle decorative glass piece about our front door. Moving the bookshelves isn't an option or obviously I wouldn't be writing this. I'm trying to come up with a way to prevent what I know is going to happen - discolor and fade the dust covers on my collection. I'm thinking perhaps some kind of tinted laminate on the glass of the doors, but have no idea how well this will work. And I'd hate to find out through experimentation that it didn't. If you've had this problem, how have you dealt with it? Any suggestions, comments and products would be greatly appreciated. Note: I'm covering all of my books with the book jacket covers from Brodarts (which you all recommended - thank you!): http://www.shopbrodart.com/shop/cb/p...atnum=10425525 or http://tinyurl.com/kt7e7 As nice as they are, I don't think they are going to do the trick. Thank you in advance for any help. Regards, LiRM |
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Sunlight and what to do about it
LiRM wrote:
I recently purchased some nice bookshelves that have glass windows for doors. I got them primarily so the doors will keep the dust out and better protect my collectable's. However, I have a dilemma. In the afternoon, the Sunlight makes it way through the opposing windows and huge half circle decorative glass piece about our front door. Moving the bookshelves isn't an option or obviously I wouldn't be writing this. I'm trying to come up with a way to prevent what I know is going to happen - discolor and fade the dust covers on my collection. I'm thinking perhaps some kind of tinted laminate on the glass of the doors, but have no idea how well this will work. And I'd hate to find out through experimentation that it didn't. If you've had this problem, how have you dealt with it? Any suggestions, comments and products would be greatly appreciated. Note: I'm covering all of my books with the book jacket covers from Brodarts (which you all recommended - thank you!): http://www.shopbrodart.com/shop/cb/p...atnum=10425525 or http://tinyurl.com/kt7e7 As nice as they are, I don't think they are going to do the trick. Thank you in advance for any help. Regards, LiRM Possibilities: 1. Move the bookcases out of the direct sunlight. 2. Line the glass with a material designed to filter out some range of the wavelengths transmitted by the sun. Auto tints, for instance. Of course, unless it is opaque, which defeats the purpose of the glass, some sunlight (e.g., some wave lengths) will always get through and will eventually fade the book/dust jacket spines. It is unavoidable. Francis A. Miniter |
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Sunlight and what to do about it
"LiRM" wrote in message
... I recently purchased some nice bookshelves that have glass windows for doors. I got them primarily so the doors will keep the dust out and better protect my collectable's. However, I have a dilemma. In the afternoon, the Sunlight makes it way through the opposing windows and huge half circle decorative glass piece about our front door. . . . I'm trying to come up with a way to prevent what I know is going to happen - discolor and fade the dust covers on my collection. I'm thinking perhaps some kind of tinted laminate on the glass of the doors, but have no idea how well this will work. And I'd hate to find out through experimentation that it didn't. The textile laboratory of the US National Bureau of Standards ought to be able to tell you what frequencies of daylight cause book jackets to fade and its glass laboratory may be able to tell you what varieties of glass will not transmit these frequencies. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Sunlight and what to do about it
Don Phillipson wrote: "LiRM" wrote in message ... I recently purchased some nice bookshelves that have glass windows for doors. I got them primarily so the doors will keep the dust out and better protect my collectable's. However, I have a dilemma. In the afternoon, the Sunlight makes it way through the opposing windows and huge half circle decorative glass piece about our front door. . . . I'm trying to come up with a way to prevent what I know is going to happen - discolor and fade the dust covers on my collection. I'm thinking perhaps some kind of tinted laminate on the glass of the doors, but have no idea how well this will work. And I'd hate to find out through experimentation that it didn't. The textile laboratory of the US National Bureau of Standards ought to be able to tell you what frequencies of daylight cause book jackets to fade Here in Boulder there is a business called Spot Shots. They came to my house and put a film on the most prominent window in my living room. It filters like 97% of the offending rays and you can hardly tell the window has treatment. Of course, if the sunlight is DIRECTLY landing on the books through the day you might have to go to a more serious treatment which does shade the window more but I believe does effectively eliminate the damage caused by the sunlight. and its glass laboratory may be able to tell you what varieties of glass will not transmit these frequencies. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Sunlight and what to do about it
Any suggestions, comments and products would be greatly appreciated.
There is a product called curtains. They make them for windows and they should keep the sun out. |
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Sunlight and what to do about it
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 18:20:51 -0700, "DfKNG" wrote:
Any suggestions, comments and products would be greatly appreciated. There is a product called curtains. They make them for windows and they should keep the sun out. I had to laugh in simply the way you expressed that, as I've done the same They would be, of course, an obvious solution. I should have stated that the largest area that the sun makes it's way in is via the huge half circle above our double wide french front doors. After talking it over with my wife last night, she isn't too keen on either tinting it or covering it. I more or less agree with her on it, as it does bring in some nice afternoon sun. So that changes my goal. I guess I'm going to have to find a tint laminate that I can apply to the bookshelf doors myself, unless I can find a place that does it relatively inexpensively. Moving the bookshelves isn't an option, for various reasons. So if anyone has used a product like this with success, a name brand and source would be helpful. Thanking you all in advance. Regards, LiRM |
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Sunlight and what to do about it
I do believe 3M was the first to market with this stuff. See
http://www.3m.com/us/arch_construct/...ige/index.html for the latest. 3M has great tech support; I would email them and ask what the best product would be for your application. Denton On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:10:52 -0400, LiRM wrote: On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 18:20:51 -0700, "DfKNG" wrote: Any suggestions, comments and products would be greatly appreciated. There is a product called curtains. They make them for windows and they should keep the sun out. I had to laugh in simply the way you expressed that, as I've done the same They would be, of course, an obvious solution. I should have stated that the largest area that the sun makes it's way in is via the huge half circle above our double wide french front doors. After talking it over with my wife last night, she isn't too keen on either tinting it or covering it. I more or less agree with her on it, as it does bring in some nice afternoon sun. So that changes my goal. I guess I'm going to have to find a tint laminate that I can apply to the bookshelf doors myself, unless I can find a place that does it relatively inexpensively. Moving the bookshelves isn't an option, for various reasons. So if anyone has used a product like this with success, a name brand and source would be helpful. Thanking you all in advance. Regards, LiRM |
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Sunlight and what to do about it
I guess I'm going to have to find a tint laminate that I can apply to
the bookshelf doors myself, unless I can find a place that does it relatively inexpensively. An old solution for shop windows was a roller blind of clear yellow plastic - whatever the plastic was, it was something that has been available for a very long time, as I remember this from the 1950s. You don't see it very often these days. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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Sunlight and what to do about it
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:28:16 -0400, Denton Taylor
wrote: I do believe 3M was the first to market with this stuff. See http://www.3m.com/us/arch_construct/...ige/index.html for the latest. 3M has great tech support; I would email them and ask what the best product would be for your application. Denton Bingo. This looks exactly like what I need. From the site, it states that it will reflect over 99 percent of the UV rays, which are responsible for fading. Thank you for this - it's much appreciated, Denton. Regards, LiRM On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:10:52 -0400, LiRM wrote: On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 18:20:51 -0700, "DfKNG" wrote: Any suggestions, comments and products would be greatly appreciated. There is a product called curtains. They make them for windows and they should keep the sun out. I had to laugh in simply the way you expressed that, as I've done the same They would be, of course, an obvious solution. I should have stated that the largest area that the sun makes it's way in is via the huge half circle above our double wide french front doors. After talking it over with my wife last night, she isn't too keen on either tinting it or covering it. I more or less agree with her on it, as it does bring in some nice afternoon sun. So that changes my goal. I guess I'm going to have to find a tint laminate that I can apply to the bookshelf doors myself, unless I can find a place that does it relatively inexpensively. Moving the bookshelves isn't an option, for various reasons. So if anyone has used a product like this with success, a name brand and source would be helpful. Thanking you all in advance. Regards, LiRM |
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Sunlight and what to do about it
LiRM wrote:
If you've had this problem, how have you dealt with it? Any suggestions, comments and products would be greatly appreciated. I constructed a huge disk which blocks out the sun over my house (and the rest of the neighborhood). Works great but is everyone is getting rickets. |
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