[BCMA] Moth Balls Smell

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv]

Dear all not a problem I have faced before, you may wish to try this  , it
removes smell available from Preservation Equipment Ltd  in U.K. other
conservation suppliers closer to you may have similar. Confession time , I
am a British conservator with a Canadian wife and student kids in BC. So
not completely au fait with what is available at hand  to you. Silica gel
can have a partial pollution removing property , so immerse in gel at the
right rh ,same as room might remove some smell
interested to know if it works
Paul Harrison FIIC

On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 at 03:39, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <
listserv at lists.museum.bc.ca> wrote:

> Hello gang.
>
> Here at HAMM we just received an amazing donation of military history.
> Rick James (the author) has donated his father’s sea chest filled with
> clothing documents, souvenirs, etc from the Second World War and up through
> the 60s.
>
> We are going to catalog them and prepare them for storage while leaving
> the digital image on an interactive screen.
>
> However, the person who packed this chest away for so long has put in some
> moth balls which permeate the museum with that smell.
>
> Is there a way to de-mothball an object without hanging it outside on the
> line for the rest of the summer?
>
>
>
>
> at your service,
>
>
> Lewis Bartholomew
> Founder & Executive Director
>
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