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Leonie - If you simply set the pieces out on a table for a few days, they will lose most of the moisture in your heated building. They would then be able to be frozen without incident. Be careful of any adornments on the pieces and be sure freezing wouldn't affect them. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Gärtner, Leonie <l.gaert...@smb.spk-berlin.de> To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> Sent: Thu, Nov 22, 2012 10:15 am Subject: [pestlist] freezing damp wooden objects This is a message from the Museumpests List. o post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net o unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ---------------------------------------------------------- My museum recently acquired many painted wooden objects from Papua New Guinea. hey are heavily infested with different woodboring insects, which we would like o eradicate by freezing at -30°C. owever the objects arrived in a damp state (wood humidity 16-18%), and cannot e dried prior to the treatment. ill there be substantial damage due to the formation of ice inside the wood? maller objects have been frozen to -20°C without apparent damage, but I am till uncertain. 'd be very greatful for any help and advice! - - eonie Gärtner ipl. Restauratorin (Südsee und Australien) bt.III thnologisches Museum taatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz Arnimallee 27 4195 Berlin Fon:+49 30 8301-338 ax:+49 30 8301-500 .gaert...@smb.spk-berlin.de ww.smb.museum --------------------------------------------------------------------- o 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 he subject put: unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. o change to the DIGEST mode send an mail 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
