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Re: cigarette smoke smell
- To: TEXCONS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: cigarette smoke smell
- From: Mark MacKenzie <mmackenzie@xxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:31:14 -0600
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Title: Re: cigarette smoke smell
on 12/6/04 3:15 PM, Amann conservation at studio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I have de-odorized textiles by making a tent around it with polyethlene plastic sheetingand placing open boxes of baking soda around it. Also my painting conservation buddies suggest the use of a electrostatic air cleaner in a enclosed space with the articles you want to deodorize. Painting conservators use this method for smoke damaged art.
Carol Kropnick
Amann Conservation
Very interesting. Both techniques would seem to deal with the minute particulate matter. However, I wonder if the production of ozone by the electrostatic air cleaners might be thought a hazard for some materials. Some paintings due to the types of media used are much more resistant to such damage than are many textiles. I am not throwing up a concern, rather, I am interested in knowing more.
Mark MacKenzie
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Mark MacKenzie,
Conservator, Saskatchewan Western Development Museum
www.wdm.ca
mmackenzie@xxxxxx