OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup

From: Mike <kenziem_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun Sep 1 11:28:01 2002

On Sunday 01 September 2002 06:07, Tothwolf wrote:
>
>I am currently trying to figure out how to clean/salvage books that were
>exposed to the water, and since the texts are irreplaceable, I'm hesitant
>in what I try. Many books have a very fine powder-like mold on their
>covers, while the pages are ok. Some books have small amounts of mold
>growing on the edges of the pages.
>
Get the books into a freezer!

They will freeze dry and the cold will slow/stop the mold growth.

A few libraries around here have suffed broken pipes and that's how they
did it.

I would try to separat eh moldy books from the others but since mold
spores ar so small it may not be possible.
Received on Sun Sep 01 2002 - 11:28:01 BST