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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Regarding the "drying out" treatment: Gasketing with weather stripping and taping holes is good advice. I would also suggest you monitor the environment in the interior in any way you can. Ideally, you should monitor humidity and temperature in the cabinet, but even a simple indoor/outdoor electronic thermometer would be helpful. (The home variety, very inexpensive) Note that a heat rise of only a few degrees may be adequate to dry out the interior enough for this "treatment", so high temperatures are not needed. Depending on circumstances, a 100 watt bulb could be too powerful, so you may wish to start with a smaller wattage bulb and monitor the interior temperature. All that said, your insurance company and loss management folks would be happier if you purchased some inexpensive desiccant packs. Again, seal the cabinet as best you can. I would suggest using silica gel or hygroscopic clays, not the chemicals. If you go for a silica gel desiccant pack, note that this is not an application for Prosorb or other museum showcase buffering compounds. Oh yes, monitor if you can! js Jerry Shiner Keepsafe Microclimate Systems www.keepsafe.ca <http://www.keepsafe.ca/> [email protected] +1 800 683-4696 Providing a suite of services and environmental control solutions for museums and archives, including control of humidity, oxygen and temperature.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: January-24-13 8:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [pestlist] Psocids 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Rauf - Two weeks ought to be sufficient to dry everything out and kill all these delicate pests. Then use foam weather-stripping around the door frames and tape any open screw holes. Make sure the interior bottom panel is sealed. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Abdul Rauf <[email protected]> To: pestlist <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Jan 24, 2013 9:08 am Subject: RE: [pestlist] Psocids 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dear Mr. T. Parker, How long the bulb should be in the cabinet? If it is removed will they come again. Dr. Abdul Rauf From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]?> ] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [pestlist] Psocids 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Amy - Simply put a 100 watt light bulb in the cabinet and close it up. The heat generated by the light bulb will slowly dry out the materials and that will be the end of the psocids. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Miller, Amy (FDA) (FDA) <[email protected]> To: pestlist <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jan 23, 2013 4:42 pm Subject: [pestlist] Psocids 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello, I am curious what others are using in their collections for general pest control and if anyone has had psocids visiting their collections. I've just discovered psocids in an insect and herbarium cabinet and am interested in finding out if anyone else has had this issue and how it was corrected. Thank you, Amy K. Miller ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
