We wrapped the barcode rollout for 3,214 textile objects and synced each identifier to TMS this morning, and the new 12×10 ft cold room is holding 8°C at 40% RH ±2%. For those comparing materials and readers: cotton twill tags set with BEVA 371 film have stayed secure after two weeks, and Zebra DS2208 units read cleanly through Melinex — what combinations are working best in your galleries and storage?
Nice numbers on 3,214 — at similar “8°C at 40% RH” we found cotton twill set with BEVA 371 stays put long-term if we round the film corners and heat-set around 55–60°C for a few seconds. Small caveat: the “Zebra DS2208” will occasionally hiccup through Melinex when the sleeve is perfectly flat — slight curvature helps cut the glare.
At “8°C at 40% RH” we kept getting DS2208 fog on entry, so we leave the scanner in the vestibule about 10 minutes to acclimate and it reads through 4 mil Melinex without hiccups after that. For glare-y mounts we swap to a matte polyester face stock instead of twill tags, but BEVA 371 has stayed our baseline.