OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed Sep 4 01:46:04 2002

On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Russ Blakeman wrote:

> I've made sleeve from the vinyl you can buy in rolls from Walmart for
> putting over leaky windows - it's pliable and thinck and similar to the
> vinyl that our "forefathers" (and foremothers) used to cover their
> furniture with, but thinner. Fold it and then heat seal the top and
> bottom edges. I've seen forsted vinyl sleeves lik that in years past
> that came with an odd sized box that they could be stored in, sort of an
> archival manner of storage.

I'd be worried about the PH of such material. Highly acidic (or even
highly alkaline) materials are the enemy of items you wish to preserve.

-Toth
Received on Wed Sep 04 2002 - 01:46:04 BST