Removing Styrofoam from bookcloth

Martha Jackson <martha.jackson [at] jhu__edu>

>Does anyone on the list know how to remove Styrofoam residue from
>Cialux Bookcloth?

Would freezing the book work?  I would think that the styrofoam
would get brittle and snap off the book cloth. However, I don't know
the book and am not completely familiar with Cialux bookcloth, so
would be interested to hear other opinions before Martha surges
ahead with my idea.

Jane Brown

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