1 Sep
2002
1 Sep
'02
8:05 a.m.
On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Mike wrote:
On Sunday 01 September 2002 06:07, Tothwolf wrote:
I don't have access to a large freezer of any sort.
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.
I think most of the materials have already dried out, but some are still
slightly damp.
I would try to separat eh moldy books from the others
but since mold
spores ar so small it may not be possible.
I would, but I don't have the room. Houston has also been seeing extremely
high levels of mold spores, which I think greatly contributed to the rapid
growth of mold on the damp materials.
I actually removed about half of the contents from that 40cu yard
dumpster, and about 1/3 of the bulk I salvaged is paper matter.
-Toth