Soot and odour removal after a fire

Reni Teygeler <rene.teygeler [at] wxs__nl> writes

>Does anyone have any experience in removing soot and the pungent
>odour from monographs after they have been recovered from a fire?

It is certainly possible to remove the smell of smoke from objects
by sealing them in a bag with activated charcoal.  See the posting
from Dale Kronkright (Conservation DistList Instance: 12:76 Friday,
March 26, 1999)

Barry Knight
Senior Conservation Scientist
English Heritage
London
+44 20 7973 3000
+44 20 7973 3001


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