[BCMA] Labelling Artifacts with B-72 Paraloid

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Good afternoon,

I'm the summer student at the Pender Islands Museum, and we've started a
new project to update our museum artifact labels (many of them are
currently on normal stick-on labels, in visible places). I've been trying
to get B-72 Paraloid to work on test surfaces, but regardless of what I
try, the accession numbers always smudge. I'm wondering if I'm doing
something wrong.

Currently, I'm putting on a layer of B-72, waiting a few minutes for it to
dry, and then writing the number on with a Sakura microperm 05 permanent
pen. I then wait for half an hour and attempt to apply a top coat of B-72.
Without fail, the writing smudges.

Do I need to leave it to dry for longer? I'm testing one out overnight
right now to see if that works. Alternatively, is a top coat actually
necessary, or would just the barrier coat and the accession number work?

Any ideas on this subject would be appreciated!

Thanks so much,
Natalie Dunsmuir
Pender Islands Museum
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