Keeping dust out of Besta and Detolf cabinets?

SpaceCrawler said:

Here's what I did with my Detlof, just bought some clear plastic hose, cut it down the middle, an wrapped it around the edge of the door. When the door is closed it fills any gap, and it's clear:

Sean

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bigpig said:

What mm is the tubing?

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SpaceCrawler said:

I've forgotten by this time (that was quite some time ago) but there is printing on the tubing that says 5/16" x 7/16". You can probably cut a few small samples to take home and determine what size works best for your situation. I'm in the US, here most hardware stores sell this tubing near the plumbing stuff.

Sean

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bigpig said:

Cheers.
Did you put it round the top and bottom at all and what about the hinge side?

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SpaceCrawler said:

Yes, all four sides. The "hinge" on a Detlof is a small pole at the top and another at the bottom of the right hand side of the door that it swings on. You can easily slit the clear tubing, length-wise, to fit around the edge of the glass, and cut it to the proper length for all four sides without worrying about the hinge. Again just be certain you have thick enough tubing to fill the gap you're trying to block before buying the tubing and slitting it.

Sean

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stricky345 said:

Nice ideas in here!

I for myself use these weather-strips with 'bristles' (granted they got their disadvantages too).

But dealing with museum-grade preservation, I try to have as less plastic I can in a display setting. Good thing is through the bristle-strips you also got a slight air exchange.

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