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Freezing will do the job fine, as long as the piece is bagged and allowed to thaw post freezing (to prevent damage from condensation). There is a risk of damage to any binders if present (i.e. glue/paste), so if that is the case I'd use low oxygen. Best wishes Alex On 06/08/2012, at 1:24 PM, Rosa Lowinger wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > I have a question about fumigating a work of art made out of corrugated > cardboard. The piece is a chair by architect Frank Gehry and it has > silverfish. Freezing? Anoxia? Is one better than the other for these > critters? I would think freezing might be damaging to the cardboard but I'm > not sure. > > Thanks for any help, > > Rosa Lowinger, Principal and Chief Conservator > Rosa Lowinger & Associates - Conservation of Art + Architecture > Los Angeles • Miami > 305.573.7011 323.377.8425 > www.rlaconservation.com > > > > On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 11:55 AM, <karin.vonler...@prevart.ch> wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, > > Der Adressat ihrer e-mail ist in der Woche vom 28. Juli bis 5. August 2012 > nicht erreichbar. > E-mails werden nicht weitergeleitet und nicht beantwortet. E-mails werden ab > dem 6. August wieder beantwortet. > > Mit bestem Dank für ihr Verständnis und freundlichem Gruss > Prevart GmbH > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and > in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and > in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and > in the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
