[CAUT] Critter-damaged punchings

[piano57 at insightbb.com]

Greetings all,
 
I know you've all been wondering constantly about the microwave/critter subject.  I've read the conservatore's report, and Ed Sutton was correct in his suggestion of using the microwave oven.  Here is a bit of the conclusion: 
 
"Microwave heating can be an effective nonchemical method of disinfesting wool textiles.  In this study, 3 minutes of microwave exposure was sufficient to obtain a 100% mortality in the egg, larval and adult stages of the webbing clothes moth in a 2.2 m (nicely folded in the pictures) samples of wool gabardine with minimal effects on the chemical and physical properties of wool.  Prolonged heating should be avoided because it causes shrinkage, among other types of deterioration."
 
BTW, there was a mention of moisture and its effectiveness of microwaving.  ;-)
 
There you have it.  

 
Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, IL
 
PS  Many thanks to the staff at Alpha Park District Library and the library at Bradley University, Peoria, IL for providing a copy of the report.
 
 
 
 
 
From: piano57 at insightbb.com 
To: caut at ptg.org 
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Critter-damaged punchings


Hello all,
 
Hmm, I'm having a little server problem this morning.  The update to this email that you've never received is, I can pick up the article late this afternoon and will find out what Conservators do with woolen textiles and microwaves.
 
Barbara Richmond
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Barbara Richmond 
To: College and University Technicians 
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: CAUT Critter-damaged punchings


Well, I guess Ed was right.  [Ed, Am I fired?  :-) ]
 
I'll ask my librarian/husband to retrieve this article.  I should have searched textiles in microwaves--instead of microwave safety!
I know folks put wet sponges or cloths in the microwave.  I'm curious to see if a textile can go in dry.
 
Subject: JSTOR: Journal of the American Institute for Conservation: Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring, 1982), pp. 1-34


 
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0197-1360%28198221%2921%3A2%3C1%3AEOIFWT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage 
 
 
Later,
 
Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, IL
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