[padg] Cleaning Concrete Dust from Books & Shelves

[Shannon Supple <sksupple@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Preservationistas,

Our library just went through a construction project that led to 
concrete dust covering a fair amount of our shelves and rare books (the 
covers and textblock edges).  Sadly, the visqueen barriers and other 
precautionary measures were not sufficient for the job.  We are now in a 
position where we need to clean the concrete dust from our shelves and 
rare books.

Do any of you have experience cleaning concrete dust from books?  What 
would work best and most efficiently?  Please e-mail me directly, if 
possible.  Your guidance is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
~Shannon

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Shannon K. Supple
Preservation Librarian
Robbins Collection, School of Law (Boalt Hall)
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-7200
510.642.6126
510.642.8325 (fax)
sksupple@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx