OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup

From: Russ Blakeman <rhb57_at_vol.com>
Date: Wed Sep 4 13:19:00 2002

That's possible but so far everything I have ion them hasn't damaged
anything - nor stuck to - any of the items I've put them in. The same type
of viyl used for furniture covers would turn yellow and get brittle with age
but my parents French Provincial living room furniture, covered since new in
1961, is pretty much a testament that this type of vinyl is apparently
pretty safe stuff.

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Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:57 AM
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Subject: RE: OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup


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 - 13:19:00 BST