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. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi Cricket,
I will chime in on this since no one else has yet. I assume the lack of response is due in part to the fact that this form of treatment is relatively unconventional and not many people out there know much about it. I will be the first to dispel the myth that freezing does not kill the eggs. The research has been done on this and although different pests require different temperatures, freezing certainly will kill all stages of life if done quickly enough, cold enough and for a long enough time. All of that data is available on museumpests.net I will let conservators offer advice on the possible harm from a plasma field. I understand that they are household materials, but it would still be good to know if any research has been done with this technique. You are exposing the materials to quite a few different scenarios between a heated argon gas and a dielectric field. Pat Kelley -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cricket Harbeck Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 5:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [pestlist] Plasma Field Treatment 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 All, Does anyone have any knowledge of or advice about using a plasma field to treat against a webbing clothes moth infestation? I'm dealing with a household infestation and am looking to treat furniture, clothing and rugs, but no artwork. A company I've contacted said the best treatment method is using plasma field, and described the process as first freezing the materials, and then introducing a dielectric field with argon gas. They said freezing kills the adults while the plasma field kills the eggs and sanitizes. They say this method is better than traditional freezing, which doesn't guarantee killing the eggs. I am an art conservator, and was trained to freeze objects for such an infestation using a standard procedure. I'm just really curious about this treatment and was hoping someone had some thoughts about its use, efficacy and possible harm to the treated materials. Thank you very much in advance. Cricket ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
