[MR] Possibly OT Q: How to save books from mold/mildew

[KM Herrick]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy B. Scherer" <rscherer at infionline.net>
To: "Janie" <janielee at cox.net>; "The Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] Possibly OT Q: How to save books from mold/mildew


> Janie,
>
> You have had two good responses, but (as a librarian) I want emphasize 
> that
> you need to get the books dry FIRST.  Wet paper is very fragile and you
> should not subject it to freezing or to Lysol spray until you dry it off 
> at
> least once. Open the book to a relatively dry page, i.e., one that you can
> do without tearing.  Get a hair dryer and blow it on low setting over the
> page.  As it dries, it will flip up in the draft and you can get to the
> next page.  Once it is dry, then you can use the freezer or the
> Lysol.  Both are good.  I prefer the Lysol, but it is a pain.  You can, of
> course, put the ones you are not working on into the freezer for the 
> night,
> but NO MORE than the night.  If they are very wet, they will get freezer 
> burn.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Sarah Morgan (using Britton's email)
>


Use to be I only worried about my favorite steaks getting freezer burn.  But 
now my books?  Sheesh!

They don't talk about this on those Reynolds Wrap commercials.  Hmmm, could 
be a new venue for you marketing geeks!

- Ken Herrick, aka Taliesin ap Owaine