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Reversibility

The conservation principle that anything added to a specimen should be removable later without damage: consolidants and adhesives soluble in a known solvent, fills that can be lifted, coatings that come off.

The conservation principle that anything added to a specimen should be removable later without damage: consolidants and adhesives soluble in a known solvent, fills that can be lifted, coatings that come off. Cyanoacrylate and epoxy fail it.

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Stratum Strata. "Reversibility" (Glossary). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-16. https://stratum.black/strata/glossary/reversibility. Accessed 2026-09-21.

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@misc{stratum-reversibility,
  title        = {Reversibility},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/glossary/reversibility}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Glossary article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-16; sources: stratum. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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