Having worked on a freezer project for an infestation of bookworms in a large library in the Mideast, freezer trucks capable of easily reaching minus 20 F are available from a number of frozen food transportation and storage companies. We rented one for less than $80 a day for our week long project. Very successful project. Palletized and shrink- wrapped each pallet of books for easy handling. Left them in the truck for 3 days. Tom Parker
> On Sep 2, 2020, at 11:06 AM, Stephanie Spence <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Greetings William, > > While I was at the Toledo Museum of Art in 2018, we undertook a huge > treatment to blast freeze tens of thousands of dried flowers in preparation > for a special exhibition. This was more of a preventative measure to ensure > this collection was not infested with any type of insect that may have also > had an interest in the art in our neighboring galleries. We knew the > collection had been stored in a warehouse that was not climate controlled to > museum standards for well over a year and we would not have had enough time > to carry out a treatment of this scale if we had waited to inspect all the > boxes of flowers for bugs until after they had arrived at the museum for > installation. > > We specifically chose to blast freeze the collection because we did not want > to risk condensation damaging the dried flowers. A blast freezer will quickly > get you well below freezing within a few hours and we essentially were > freeze-drying the collection to prevent moisture retention in the flowers. > All the flowers were stored in cardboard boxes and the cardboard also acted > as a barrier layer against moisture. > > I did a bunch of research on commercial blast freezers and had to contact > several companies before I found one that could work with us. Like Christa > mentioned, most of these companies deal with the food industry and long term > freezer rentals. Some did not want to rent to us for such a short period of > time (1 month). I finally found Klinge Corporation (https://klingecorp.com/), > based out of York, PA and they might be a great place for you to start. They > were so helpful and very excited about our project. I was able to rent a > 40-ft blast freezer from them and we had it on-site for a little over a > month. I also then had to find a 3rd party trucking company to pickup/dropoff > the freezer (I believe Klinge recommended the company we used), hire a local > crane company to unload/load the freezer from the truck and electricians to > hook the generator up to our building. Luckily, we also had the perfect spot > to place the freezer on museum property directly next to the powerhouse, so > you'll have to think about where you could place it. > > There were a lot of moving parts, but the treatment was a success and it was > an interesting project to take on. This may be more than you need for your > textiles, but it may give you a better idea of what you will need to plan > for. I was not able to find an actual freezer truck that could run on its own > power, but that's not to say you won't be able to find one in your area. Let > me know if you have questions and feel free to contact me offline if you > would like more details. > > Good luck, > Stephanie > >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 10:40 AM William Donnelly <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Hello PestList Community – >> >> >> >> Our exhibits registrar is asking about renting a large truck freezer to >> treat an incoming textile loan. I need to get more information from her with >> regards to whether the costumes will be mounted etc. >> >> >> >> However, I wonder if any of you have experience renting these trucks and if >> could offer advice on what to look for in a service provider. I am at >> Winterthur Museum, so we are likely looking for a company in the >> Philadelphia region, so recommendations are also welcome. >> >> >> >> Also, I am familiar with chest freezer treatment protocols, would treatment >> in these large freezers be any different? >> >> >> >> Thank you in advance, >> >> William >> >> >> >> >> >> William Donnelly >> >> Associate Preventive Conservator & Affiliated Assistant Professor WUDPAC >> >> Conservation Department >> >> Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library >> >> Direct 302.888.4680 >> >> Cell 302.750.1797 >> >> 5105 Kennett Pike >> >> Winterthur, DE 19735 >> >> winterthur.org >> >> Preferred Pronouns (he, him, his) >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MuseumPests" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/27257F74-4FD1-4CEB-B7A0-19292409E8A8%40contoso.com. > > > -- > Stephanie Spence > Objects Conservation Fellow > Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art > p: 610-216-0391 > e. 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