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Dear colleagues,
I will within some hours recieve two Usebkan felt
carpets with some type of textile "worms" eating their way. I intend to freeze
them, but there is a mayor problem:
When the client detected the damage, he put the two
carpets out on his balcony before contacting a museum which refered him to me.
In Switzerland, the temperatures are now around zero °C and slightly below. I am
worried, that the insect larvae have now started to hibernate and will not be
killed by freezing. Can anybody help me *quickly* on how safely to proceede? For
how long will I have to warm the carpets up again at room temperature (of course
tightly packed in plastic...) to make sure the larvae start eating and thriving
again before shock freezing them? Is there something else to be worried about
with this "detour" to the regular treatment?
Thanks for any help! Sincerely, Karin von
Lerber
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