Mmmm. Clove and lavender! And I have a large bottle of them left over from making orange pomanders. That's a great idea. Thank you
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:27 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > I use a couple of tablespoons of whole cloves in those little drawstring > organza wedding favor bags in all my boxes of wool/feathers. It seems to > work pretty well. There's no staining from the cloves and my clothing has a > warm spicey aroma. I'm sure they would work as well for cedar and lavender. > Karen > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Lynn Downward <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], Historical Costume < > [email protected]> > Subject: [h-cost] Cedar chips/moths > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:27:40 -0800 > > Hi all, > > We've had an infestation of moths in the house, mostly in my feather > collection. I had them all in a (not airtight) plastic container. Thinking > that they needed some air, I kept all the vintage feathers carefully > wrapped up in tissue. Those feather I didn't care much about were in > zip-lock bags and had no moths in them at all. Of course the damage was to > the vintage feathers. > > When I bring feathers home, I always put them in a zip bag and leave them > in the freezer for a couple of weeks to kill off any bugs that may already > be in them before I add them to my collection. Unfortunately, something > went wrong with my plans. After tossing about a third of my collection, > I've cleaned the rest and put them back into the freezer. I'll be ready to > take them out this weekend. Before I do I want to purchase some cedar chips > or a bit of cedar and put them in with the feathers and in my wool boxes > (the smell of moth balls makes me nauseous so I'm not going there). > > SO my question: I understand the oils in the cedar (or lavendar if I decide > to use that instead) can stain and I wondered how you have avoided this. > Would putting the cedar or lavendar into one layer of muslin keep my > fabrics/feathers from being stained and still keep the moths out? Two > layers? > > Thanks for any information you might have, > Lynn > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > ____________________________________________________________ > Groupon™ Official Site > 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f48011d267aa1a6a333st05duc > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
