OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Sep 1 15:05:01 2002

On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Mike wrote:
> 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!

I don't have access to a large freezer of any sort.

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

I think most of the materials have already dried out, but some are still
slightly damp.

> I would try to separat eh moldy books from the others but since mold
> spores ar so small it may not be possible.

I would, but I don't have the room. Houston has also been seeing extremely
high levels of mold spores, which I think greatly contributed to the rapid
growth of mold on the damp materials.

I actually removed about half of the contents from that 40cu yard
dumpster, and about 1/3 of the bulk I salvaged is paper matter.

-Toth
Received on Sun Sep 01 2002 - 15:05:01 BST