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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Any ideas on mold?

« on: March 29, 2010, 02:00:17 pm »

Sorry for the triple post, I couldnt fit all the pictures in one post

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Any ideas on mold?

« on: March 29, 2010, 01:54:02 pm »

Heres some more pics of it... To show the mold areas 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Any ideas on mold?

« on: March 29, 2010, 01:50:52 pm »

Hi, I posted some pictures of it, its a german arbeitbuch, or workbook. From what I understand, it was where the person would log their work times in... As you can see in the pictures, there is dark brown/black mold, and yellow mold, if that helps any...

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Antique Questions Forum / Any ideas on mold?

« on: March 29, 2010, 06:08:03 am »

Hello, I recently opened up my safe, and inside a small book from the 1850's that I have, had some yellow and black mold in it... In some spots it is powdery but it sort of smears if I wipe it. Does anyone know how I can safely get rid of the mold!? I don't want to risk spreading it in my safe to the other items that are in it, so I am keeping the book out for now. I had a Desiccant pack, I thought that would take care of the moisture, and I was careful about opening the safe on high humidity days, or rainy days in case of moisture... Does anyone have suggestions how to fix this and get rid of the mold in the book!? Thanks alot for any information, I appreciate it!

I found that vaccuming the paper would work but the paper is really brittle and it would probably ruin it

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