I scored quite a number of books from the leftover yard sale tables upat the cat rescue place Ive been donating my Saturdays for the pastmonth or so. But many of the batch I got this past saturday, havegotten wet, some are moldy.Any quick and simple methods for drying them out? Other than stickingthem in the oven for a couple days?And no..I dont have a vacuum chamber big enough ..Gunner"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you givethem self determination under "play nice" rules.Think of it as having your older brother knock the shit out of youfor torturing the cat." Gunner

Can't remember exactly but when the ex worked at a used book store, they often took moldy books (not really bad ones) and gave em a shot in the microwave.For water damage (wrinkled pages), not much worked. They got a little better by extended pressing with a heavy weight (at least sat on the shelves better). Every once in a while, you'd get one that came out like new but that was rare. You might be able to scab together a book press with an old acme screw, a handwheel and some of that iron you seem to so often scrounge.Or....if you really need a vacuum chamber you might try Rush's head :)Koz (who couldn't resist taking a cheap shot)

Wet books?

Dec 05, 2005 23 Replies

Rate this thread:

Hank Zoeller 20 years ago

Isn't a prion a little GM car? Or a Toyota or something?

Vote

William B Noble (don't reply t 20 years ago

Bill

formatting link

to contact me, do not reply to this message, instead correct this address and use it

will iam_ b_ No ble at msn daught com

Vote

Don Foreman 20 years ago

You haven't been paying attention, shame on you.

Bag 'em with desiccant. It sure works with electronic stuff. It revived my fishing sonars and treasured HP calculators I thought were toast with great chagrin and pitiful wailing.

Ping me if you wanna know a supplier for a whole buncha desiccant for under $30, or google it. I'm too lazy to hunt for it unless you're interested.

Gypsum is a pretty good desiccant. Might be that pulverized drywall baked in an oven would do the job. The desiccant bags I use are gypsum. I had more than a lifetime supply I got for thirtybux but I've already given most of it away.

Vote

Randy Replogle 20 years ago

Oops! My wife says I'm not very observant. Randy

Vote

Join the Discussion

Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.

Didn't find your answer?

Ask the community — no account required