OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Tue Sep 3 02:06:18 2002

On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Mike 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.

It actually works best in a deep freeze.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Tue Sep 03 2002 - 02:06:18 BST