Or like, a small case with a glass door, so you could still have them on display? Or would sealing them up like that just make the mildew problem worse?
Sorry you have to deal with that. Mold sucks when you're collecting stuff. I remember having to pop the heads off of my My Little Ponies and boil them to try and kill mold so it wouldn't spread to the rest of my collection. Never accomplished anything but to make my ponies look like shit. And books are a million times more fragile. Other than freezing, I can't think of any way to treat a book for mildew that wouldn't ruin it. Maybe letting it air out for a long time in a dry location away from your other books?
Question on books with mildewy smell
- 14/10/2013 08:57:45 PM
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Probably not the answer you're looking for.
- 15/10/2013 01:37:19 PM
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If a new copy were available I already would have bought it. *NM*
- 15/10/2013 02:44:18 PM
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Could you keep them in a cupboard?
- 15/10/2013 05:47:20 PM
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I am freezing them, but they say that doesn't get rid of the spores.
- 15/10/2013 07:39:19 PM
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Freezing won't kill them but heat will
- 16/10/2013 03:09:33 AM
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Won't an hour in the oven ruin the book? I'm assuming massive browning of pages, etc...
- 16/10/2013 03:16:26 AM
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There's a few tricks
- 16/10/2013 05:01:51 AM
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How about vacuum sealing the books, and putting them in a warm water bath for a few hours?
- 16/10/2013 07:34:21 PM
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Kind of a weird idea
- 16/10/2013 11:34:42 PM
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