Do It Yourself Water Restoration For Your Books
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Your book collection may become damaged in a flood, and will require water restoration services. If you find yourself in this situation you will first want to decide whether a professional is necessary for the job. As we know, books can be quite valuable, especially first editions. If your collection is comprised of rare first editions, then there may be no choice at all.
A professional water restoration house can bring your books back to great condition; however, do not expect to get your collection back in the condition they were before the flood. Having said that, a professional water restoration company will have tools and experience that will allow them to repair your books far beyond the capabilities you would have on your own.
Water restoration in books is a funny thing, as you are to do it as quickly as possible to prevent major long term damage, however, you must be patient and give the pages time to properly dry. Although it seems like a catch 22, the water restoration project is really quite simple.
You must begin by staging an area for your collection to dry. You will want enough space to place all your books, both lying down, as well as standing up, fanned open. When you have found a space, you will want to clear it of all debris. This includes any dust particles. You do not necessarily have to lay plastic down, but you will want to ensure that while drying the book, you don’t expose it to something that will rip, scratch, or smudge a page.
You should start by gently washing the book covers in soft water. This is just to take off any remaining materials before you begin drying. As you wash the cover try to fan the pages open (do not get the pages wet). If you can fan them open then they can go in one pile. If they do not fan open, place them in a separate pile. This will help organize the books in the drying area.
The books that you can fan open will be the quickest to dry. You can stand them up so that all the page edges are facing a fan. The fan should only be put on the lowest setting for this drying procedure. Water restoration should always be approached in a slow, methodical manner, so that the pages don’t flash dry and become stiff.
The books that cannot be fanned are the longest to dry during water restoration. You will want to start by blotting the edges of the pages. Leave the blotting paper against the pages so that it can soak up the majority of the moisture. When you feel the effects of the blotting paper are wearing off, you can begin the next stage in drying the books.
You will now go through each of the pages in each book, and place sheets of paper towel between each book page. This will help remove most of the moisture in the book without damaging the pages bind. Your water restoration project is almost complete after you have completed this step.
The only thing left to do after the paper towel have done its job is to fan the books open in front of a fan and allow the books to air dry. This should take less than 24 hours for the entire water restoration project.
You are now left with books that if left unattended would have been unreadable. Instead you have saved a book that you can re-read, while being reminded that you saved a lot of paper from reaching the land fill.
Beth Olignerf shares information with homeowners. Check out www.localrestoration.com
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