Book Care

Question for the group any help will be
appreciated.
How can you get the musty smell out of a book?
I had a book given to me and it was not stored properly.

Sam

Sam wrote:
Question for the group any help will be
appreciated.
How can you get the musty smell out of a book?
I had a book given to me and it was not stored properly.

Sam

What I do is to place the book in direct sunlight, usually
on a table in my living room which has a wall of windows.
I stand the book up, spread the pages toward the sun, and
let is sit a couple days. Every few days I make sure that
different pages are open to the air. After 2 -3 weeks the
smell is sufficiently gone that it can be shelved.

Stay away from chemicals such as chlorine or Mil-Dont. They
will only damage the paper and the boards.

--
Francis A. Miniter

In dem Lande der Pygmäen
gibt es keine Uniformen,
weder Abzeichen, noch irgend welche Normen,
Und Soldaten sind dort nicht zu sehen.

Siegfried von Vegesack, "Es gibt keine Uniformen"
from In dem Lande der Pygmäen

On Jun 11, 7:35 am, Sam wrote:
Question for the group any help will be
appreciated.
How can you get the musty smell out of a book?
I had a book given to me and it was not stored properly.

Sam

Exposure to sunlight and fresh air is the only reliable
remedy, and it takes a long time (and risks causing
ink to fade.) This topic regularly recurs -- see archives
of this group.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:47:44 -0700 (PDT), Don P
wrote:

On Jun 11, 7:35 am, Sam wrote:
Question for the group any help will be
appreciated.
How can you get the musty smell out of a book?
I had a book given to me and it was not stored properly.

Sam

Exposure to sunlight and fresh air is the only reliable
remedy, and it takes a long time (and risks causing
ink to fade.) This topic regularly recurs -- see archives
of this group.

Thanks,
I will try your suggestions and make sure I
keep an eye on the book.

Sam

Francis A. Miniter wrote:
Sam wrote:
Question for the group any help will be
appreciated.
How can you get the musty smell out of a book?
I had a book given to me and it was not stored properly.

Sam

What I do is to place the book in direct sunlight, usually on a table in
my living room which has a wall of windows. I stand the book up, spread
the pages toward the sun, and let is sit a couple days. Every few days
I make sure that different pages are open to the air. After 2 -3 weeks
the smell is sufficiently gone that it can be shelved.

Stay away from chemicals such as chlorine or Mil-Dont. They will only
damage the paper and the boards.

Interesting. I also use the sun....

--
Jean B.