Packing wet books

Jack C. Thompson <tcl<-a t->teleport< . >com> writes

>Patrick B. King <mfd7326<-a t->aol< . >com> writes
>This is a response to Linda Cranstons request for information on
>packing wet books in "milk" crates....

>Boxes may be cheaper initially, however they are not re-usable.  New
>boxes have to be used to return the conserved items.
>
>>Although most of the information Patrick King gives is accurate this
>>last bit is not.  Boxes are re-usable and there is no need to re-box
>>library/archival contents following freeze drying.
>>
>>Cardboard boxes, if substantially full, can be stacked (no more than
>>approx. 4 high on palettes for ease of handling), frozen, contents
>>freeze dried, and returned to the client in the same box.  Unopened.

Clearly, boxes often get smashed in situations where  milk crates
cannot. And there's an added hazard to cardboard boxes, actually in
any sort of corrugated material: the long flutes offer an ideal and
usually unseen habitat for insect populations and their newly-laid
larvae.

George Leake
Conservation Dept, Harry Ransom Center
UT Austin

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