Re: Mustiness
- From: haligonab <stevieb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:57:53 -0400
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:39:28 GMT, zekfrivo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (GregS)
wrote:
In article <ch9v65tnla60vl2fgndaa57lq8oqc89ag3@xxxxxxx>, haligonab <stevieb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:38:40 +0100, Ian Bell <ruffrecords@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
haligonab wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:06 -0700 (PDT), Bret L
<ixtarbrules@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In days of olde librarians and book binnders had processes to deal
with it but today they just digitize them and throw them out. No one
locally does book preservation anymore.
There are several methods with varying degrees of success. Biological
activity can be stopped by irradiation, but finding someone that will
nuke it with high gamma radiation can be tough, you might ask a
hospital nuclear medicine department. That won't remove the musty
matter already there but will stop it form getting worse. Also if the
nuking activates the book they will not let you have it back and it
will become nuclear waste which costs a lot to dispose of.
Individual sheets can be soaked in mineral spirits and air dried, but
a book as thick as RDH 4, I doubt it. Pressure impregnation with
mineral spirits, "perk" (dry cleaning fluid) or tricloroethane and a
vacuum chamber dryout might work.
I'd burn the damn thing and read the free download at pmillett.com.
Just grasping at straws, but would a stint in a microwave oven be
plausible? Just curious.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, as someone suggested I have treated
it with Febreze and that worked like a charm.
Cheers
Ian
Sorry Ian,
I read that a bit further down the line, after my last response. I
wonder how well it would deal with cigarette odor on fabric? I'll have
to buy some and give it a go.
I would suggest a washing machine and Oxiclean.
greg
Sorry Greg. I wasn't very clear. What I'm dealing with is a thickly
padded guitar gig bag. But thanks for the suggestion.
.
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