Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 17, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 saturday free May my m Jyh 9u we retired prof helps Rescue soggy books by Manfred Jager Urban life reporter Phil free press experts hints help make it easier to clean up property damaged by before ensure wooden floors Are totally dry cleaning wooden floors of mud and Silt after the River has departed can be a tedious Iowa state University experts recommend you use a stiff but Nona Bra Sive Brush and lots of clean water with a non Susing detergent to do the floodwaters May accumulate in partitions and exterior Drain these areas As quickly As possible so insula Tion and structural members can remove All baseboards and Drill holes Between studs a few inches above the after insulation and frames have replace the base use your regular cleaning product for a thorough floor if refinishing is wait until All moisture has dried from Wood Fram Between Walls and floors and from the backs of this May take several after everything is consult a professional regarding the work and materials you need to River water will Likely have buckled Wood dry them As quickly As possible by opening windows during sunny maintain a tempera Ture of at least is to 18 degrees in your House at All if your floors Are badly they May have to be if they May be infected by scrub them with a mild Alkali or Tri sodium phosphate such As washing using four to six Tablespoons for each four litres of rinse with lots of Clear water after then let dry completely before applying a mildew resistant if you have mildew stains or Mold on unpainted Wood Wash with warm soapy when the Selkirk maritime museum was flooded and lost its reference Library a year Phil Isaac of Camp Morton came to the several years the retired University of Manitoba botany professor had his boat swamped on Lake Winnipeg and a number of books got my wife remembered Reading an article on How the ancient medieval Library at Venice had been saved through freeze drying after a flood we decided to Rig something up to get a freeze dry system fit for a Prairie filing cabinets the system worked and last Winter Isaac used it to dry several filing cabinets full of printed material the museum thought it might have who has been retired since the recent flood in Southern Manitoba has caused severe stress for Many of our residential and business if you Are among those who have been we can offer various forms of support to you flood assistance from Manitoba Monitoba Hildro up to in financing residential and business customers who have lost electrical such As household or commercial can use Manitoba Hydro loan program to finance the Purchase and installation of new and replacement loan repayments can be made Over a period of up to 10 years on monthly Manitoba Hydro if you Are interested in just Register with your municipal flood visit your local Manitoba Hydro customers with qualified credit will receive a Cheque at that the purpose of the Manitoba Hydro financing plan is to offer Cash Relief for needs that May not be covered by other flood assistance automatic benefits for flood victims no application is required for the which will be provided by Manitoba Hydro to those customers directly affected by the flood Manitoba Hydro will waive electrical permit fees to inspect electrical wiring that has suffered flood please note we recommend that you do not enter flooded areas which May contain energized electrical wiring or if your electrical panel or other equipment was it should be serviced by a qualified Hydro personnel will then provide a safety inspection at no residential and commercial customers will receive a credit for one months Basic commercial and Industrial customers will have their monthly demand charge residential and commercial customers will have Bill payment terms extended without late payment making the right choices if you Are purchasing replacement reinstalling insulation or making other repairs to your Home or place of Contact your Manitoba Hydro office in we have information available to help you make the right choices so that you can enjoy Power smart Energy efficiency for years into the Contact Manitoba Hydro if there is More information you require regarding our flood assistance please Contact your local Manitoba Hydro office or phone our Call Centre in Winnipeg at 4744990 4744989 French or 18004696714 toll says Manitoba flood victims in need of restoring photographs and other paper items will be appalled at the Cost professional freeze dry organizations charge for such expensive it can easily come to Between and for a cubic foot of such mate that Doest translate into a lot of books per cubic and there Arent even any companies in Winnipeg that can do this youd have to go to Toronto or other larger centres to have it Isaac said in an its even More expensive than what i said when you think that the Materi Al you want freeze dried must be trans ported to another City deeply i thought id set up my own using our cold Winter to full Adan Isaac built a Long open at both and attached a fan to one open books and other papers which had been stored in a Gimli Fisherman Walkin Freezer during the summer to arrest deterioration of water soaked pages were put into the outdoor Box when the weather turned cold in late Isaac said his freeze drying process took All but in the books came out of it with hardly a Trace of the effects of there Are several ways to Speed the freeze drying the retired pro Fessor but they make the proce Dure More and dont save a significant amount of one modification is to ventilate the Box containing books and documents with a lightly heated fan which must nevertheless blow air below Zero degrees running such a fan in very cold temperatures is hard on its moving parts and can result in Early Wear and another speedup method is to put the Box in a room whose temperature is slightly higher than the air blowing through the Box but still below the freezing or thawing once Leav ing the the blown air is then directed to a window covered Only by a moisture absorbing textile that material traps the humidity As moisture and air pressure from the inside to the outside vents it into the rinse gently Isaac said moisture coating Book pages is then turned into humidity quicker and the humidity is removed from the Isaacs advice to flood victims with soaked books and documents gently rinse items with Cool let excess water drip wrap items in Wax paper and store loosely in Freezer until the end of sum when the weather is cold Start the freeze dry process As Isaac said while the recovery of printed pages through freeze drying is some damage is often when books have been in the water for an extended period of for the glue used in the binding process May As for the Selkirk maritime Muse George the organizations general said the Dike erected after the devastating 1996 flood fully protected the museum in Selkirk Park this from custom made 3x fullness up to 98 Long Best Price Sale on 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