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When Wakefield museum's textile collection had moth we used a heat treatment
called thermo ligium. It worked very well it is done by a German company who
have a portable van that they will bring to site the RAF museum in Stafford UK
also used the company you might be able to get the whole collection done in
one load I needed 6 load each load took about 5 days we were able to hang
costume on textile racks and just wheel it into the van or put open textile
boxes in the van
The advantage of thermo ligium over freezing is that it was less time consuming
in the preparation I would certainly consider this treatment method
Mary
J Mary Macqueen ACR
Museums Heritage Officer: Conservation Collections
Wakefield Council
Sport Culture WMDC
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From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of
Bloomfield, Nicole (US)
Sent: 30 July 2012 15:33
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Subject: [pestlist] Vikane and Talstar P interactions with historic
clothing/textiles
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Hello,
I am the manager of a collection of about 10,000 pieces of vintage clothing
(mostly wool and fur/leather) that are infested with moths. I am looking into
the possibility of a low temperature treatment (freezing) of the collection in
the NYC area. Freezing the collection will definitely be time consuming and
expensive, although I believe it is possible. That said, it is a working
collection, meaning the vintage is used as reference material and in heavy
circulation (like a library book); e.g. constantly being handled by people all
day without gloves. Because so many people rely on it on a daily basis, I am
getting pressure from above to fumigate the entire thing. The fumigant the
exterminator would like to use is Vikane, and then they would like to clean the
entire collection room with Talstar P.
My questions to you all are:
* Will Vikane cause damage or change the appearance of the collection? (I
know that it likely will, especially because of the wool, but wanted to double
check)
* Is it safe to fumigate the clothing with Vikane and then return the
items to immediate handling by people?
* Is it safe for me to be handling a collection on a daily basis (50
hrs/week) that has been fumigated with Vikane?
* Is Talstar P a good choice for cleaning the shelving, walls, nooks and
crannies with?
* Is it safe for me to be confined in a room with poor ventilation that
has just been treated with Talstar P?
I have read the MSDS sheets for the chemicals and the JAIC article about Vikane
from 1990, but still feel uneasy about the toxicity of the fumigants/pesticides
that they would like to use. I want to be armed with as much information as
possible to make this decision.
I know this is a lot to ask all at once, and thank you all in advance for any
advice you can offer.
Best regards,
Nicole
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