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Re: bleach and mildew



Aloha,

I worked with Ruth at Gemini during her cleaning project at JAC.
Unfortunately, she was not aware of my background at the time and conducted
an on-line search for treatments of mold and mildew on books unaware of some
of the sources we all know so well (that have been cited today).  She does
acknowledge this shortcoming in her article.  I've informed her of the
thread today and she's given me her permission to relay that "I didn't know
and learned later."  I don't believe she would advocate the dissemination of
her methods are sound archival practice. Please don't consider this as
indicative as the level of preservation knowledge in Hawai`i!

Helen Wong Smith, MLIS, CA

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From:   Archives & Archivists [mailto:ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf
Of Michael Tarabulski
Sent:   Monday, March 04, 2002 9:46 AM
To:     ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject:        Re: bleach and mildew

Uh, geez guys, maybe I don't know nothin' from nothin' but I recently
discovered an old mold problem on some jazz of ours books and took a look on
the net (after looking in Ritzenthaler) and found this

http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf39.htm

But maybe the advice there on not using a dilute solution of bleach has been
supplanted.  Seems like it would drive the mold into the fibers, though. The
mold on some of the books here is already firmly enough embedded in the
paper and the cloth covers.  Nothing I've read tells me that they will clean
up like new. Might use the dilute solution to clean the area where the books
sat. (I've used alcohol of two types: some to clean these surfaces and some
to drown my sorrows at the ruination of a few great books). Still, I trust
Ritzenthaler and this NEDCC document until better advised.  Are they not the
experts?

Michael "Not a Mycologist but still a Fun Guy" Tarabulski

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