Guest guest Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 Quack: Have you tried placing you books in your oven at 200F and left them there for several hours/overnight. After heating them thoroughly, HEPA vacuum and/or fan them out doors in a still breeze while standing up-wind. Don’t do this to books that have heat-sensitive color emulsions (plates). Try this and tell me the results. I have heated a significant number of books and paper records from water-damaged storage vaults with pretty good success. People using the heat-treated books/records afterwards have not reported significant symptoms; unlike the books and texts we solely dried using desiccants, dehumidification, or freezing methods. -- Geyer, PE, CIH, CSP President KERNTEC Industries, Inc. Bakersfield, California www.kerntecindustries.com The biggest and most frustrating cleaning problem for me has been books. I have a lot of expensive computer books I can't just part with but those books still make me sick.. despite being HEPA vacumned and then wiped down with rags wetted in 50% household ammonia and water.. not each page, of course, just the covers and the edges of the books..(and wiped hard.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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