Re: ISPM 15 for Dummies: Meeting wood packaging material standards for crating and shipping artwork

[<witcraft@highstream.net>]

Wayne,
There are places that heat treat, we use one in Oregon .
We sent our first batch of crates with samples of all the types of 
cushioning material in one of the crates
the only thing that was distorted or harmed was very thin polyethylene 
(shrunk)
the certificate marks must be visible , if they are painted over my guess is 
the crates are no longer legal. ?
most of our crates were painted and the heat treatment didn't affect it .
other materials, if you read the ispm it would seem you can use plastic wood 
or any wood that is processed
using heat such as plywood or osb or waferwood etc. we found this to not be 
exactly true , we were
told that even by using those materials without being a "certified shop" the 
crates still needed to be treated perhaps
Brian Cooke will chime in here ?
We also considered methyl bromide.....a little research and I think you will 
not view methyl bromide as an option at all.
Daryl Witcraft

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Kawamoto" <waynek@hawaii.edu>
To: "PACIN ListServe" <pacinlist@pacin.org>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 10:34 AM
Subject: ISPM 15 for Dummies: Meeting wood packaging material standards for 
crating and shipping artwork


> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have information about preparing wooden crates for  shipment 
> that conforms to the ISPM 15? We will be sending a traveling  exhibition 
> to various states within the U.S. before it goes to  Taiwan. I know that 
> solid wood parts need to be heat treated or  methyl bromide fumigated. We 
> have been reusing crates that contain  foam inserts for cushioning 
> individual works in separate compartments  within the crate.
>
> Some of the questions that I am initially concerned with:
>
> Is there some place that heat treats completed crates?
>
> Do ethafoam and other cushioning material need to be removed prior to 
> heat treatment?
>
> What happens to a crate that is painted and certificate marks are 
> covered?
>
> What other materials are available to replace the 1" pine battens and  fir 
> 2x4s typically used in construction?
>
> Thank you for any help,
>
> Wayne Kawamoto
> Exhibit Designer
> University of Hawaii Art Gallery