This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- This is a response to a query about moldy leather. I don’t think I’ve every heard of chlorine dioxide - but when the instruction says: "You do not want to breathe the vapors before, during, or after fumigation,” I don’t need to know anything more!
There’s no need to bombard them with emails - I’ll put together whatever you say and send it. It’s hard to give conservators bad news about what they’ve been recommending. (I took out the names - I felt funny about spreading the names of either the person who asked and the person who answered.) Barbara Begin forwarded message: > > > > Our MTS Handout on Safe Fumigation of Textiles Affected by Mold and Mildew > can be downloaded from our website: > http://www.museumtextiles.com/uploads/7/8/9/0/7890082/safe_fumigation_of_textiles.pdf > > > It utilizes Chlorine Dioxide cartridges you can buy from a marine or hardware > store. > > > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Marie Schlag <mtsch...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello Listers, > > > > Please excuse cross-postings. > > > > A vegetable tanned leather doctor’s bag (1775- shoulder bag style) needs > treatment for mold infestation. The front flap has lost flexibility, is > brittle and curled (see photo). > > > > I would appreciate your suggestions regarding the eradication of mold spores > that may remain after mechanical removal is complete. > > > > In addition, is there a safe way to soften the front flap to return its > characteristic flexibility? Can a PEG 400 solution be safely utilized? > Other suggestions? > > > > With appreciation for your collective knowledge, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tsg-discuss mailing list > tsg-disc...@cool.conservation-us.org > http://cool.conservation-us.org/mailman/listinfo/tsg-discuss > > > > -- > Camille Myers Breeze, Director > Museum Textile Services > Andover, Massachusetts > www.museumtextiles.com > 978-474-9200 > > Find us on Facebook and sign up to receive our eNewsletter. > _______________________________________________ > tsg-discuss mailing list > tsg-disc...@cool.conservation-us.org > http://cool.conservation-us.org/mailman/listinfo/tsg-discuss Appelbaum & Himmelstein LLC 444 Central Park West New York, NY 10025 212-666-4630 (voice) 212-316-1039 (fax) aa...@mindspring.com website: aandhconservation.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
