This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- You might want to consider heating instead: 120-130 degrees for a short time. I am not certain about the effects on wood-borers in particular or the timing. Others on the list can be more specific about this. Barbara Appelbaum
On Nov 22, 2012, at 1:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Leonie - > > If you simply set the pieces out on a table for a few days, they will lose > most of the moisture in your heated building. They would then be able to be > frozen without incident. Be careful of any adornments on the pieces and be > sure freezing wouldn't affect them. > > Tom Parker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gärtner, Leonie <[email protected]> > To: pestlist <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Nov 22, 2012 10:15 am > Subject: [pestlist] freezing damp wooden objects > > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > My museum recently acquired many painted wooden objects from Papua New > Guinea. > They are heavily infested with different woodboring insects, which we would > like > to eradicate by freezing at -30°C. > However the objects arrived in a damp state (wood humidity 16-18%), and > cannot > be dried prior to the treatment. > Will there be substantial damage due to the formation of ice inside the wood? > Smaller objects have been frozen to -20°C without apparent damage, but I am > still uncertain. > I'd be very greatful for any help and advice! > > - - > Leonie Gärtner > Dipl. Restauratorin (Südsee und Australien) > Abt.III > Ethnologisches Museum > Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz > > Arnimallee 27 > 14195 Berlin > > Fon:+49 30 8301-338 > Fax:+49 30 8301-500 > [email protected] > www.smb.museum > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected] Appelbaum & Himmelstein 444 Central Park West New York, NY 10025 212-666-4630 (voice) 212-316-1039 (fax) [email protected] website: aandhconservation.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected]
