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Conservator's Corner
By Sharon GehlWhat do you do with wonderful old books and magazines, when their musty smell makes you want to throw them away? Faced with that problem last year, I searched the web without success, and then started phoning libraries. Finally a preservationist at the Huntington Library recommended "ONE DROP", a household deodorizer. It comes in a little green bottle and can be found in some groceries stores; the Vons in Mission Hills carries it.
Put a drop or two on a cotton ball, put a few balls in a cardboard box or plastic bag filled with whatever you are trying to deodorize, and close it up. It takes a day or two to work. If there isn't enough of a change the first time, repeat the process. Putting cotton balls behind books on a shelf or in a drawer seems to also work. The effect is permanent, or else I've gotten used to the smell of musty old books!
More from this issue
- Agreement Reached with Simplon Corp; Three Historic Buildings Incorporated in Cosmopolitan Square
By Bruce Coons- President's Message: The Brown Act Makes Preservationists See Red
By Beth Montes- Coronadans Create Conservancy to Save Cottages
- Message from the Executive Director: Historic Designation of Coronado Railroad Upheld by City Council
By Bruce Coons- Historic Districts: The Gift of Preservation
By Allen Hazard & Janet O'Dea- Rallying Support for Resources from the Recent Past
By Jeanne Lambin & Adrian Scott Fine- Hipsters Agree: The Third Annual Modernism Weekend Was the Most!
By Dean Glass- English Heritage
By Sharon Gehl- Conservator's Corner
By Sharon Gehl- North Park Theatre
By Welton Jones- Join Friends & Fellow Preservationists for the 2005 Holiday Party!
- It Makes Sense To do Your Holiday Shopping at SOHO
- La Pastorela at the Adobe Chapel
By Welton Jones- Historic Old Town Courtyard: Ideal Setting for Keister Book Signing
By Julie Kolb- 35th Annual Meeting and Election
By Beth Montes- SOHO Welcomes New Directors to the Board
- Thank You's
- The Ghosts at the Whaley House get all the Publicity
By Dean Glass- Haunted Houses: Preservation Help or Horror?
By Byrd Wood- Casey O'Hanlon-Howie: Ready With a Smile
By Dean Glass- New Orleans Creole Café: Celebrating One Year Anniversary
By Dean Glass- Lost San Diego
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