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[Thornir Alekeg]

If someone puts ballpoint pen marks on your LCD screen (ahh, the joys of children), do not use alcohol or acetone based cleaners to remove it as it will ruin the screen. Instead use Endust for Electronics and a soft cloth. You may have to repeat this a few times and use gentle pressure, but it will come off.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I think the key is so named because it resembles the facade of a church (arched/peaked roof), but I'm not sure about the name derivation.

Never thought of it that way before. My Dad called any bottle/can opener a churchkey, and told me that it was called that because opening a bottle of beer was a better religion than going to church on Sunday...

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

If you have books that get wet and you need to dry the pages, do it as soon as you find out the pages are wet.

Get several rolls of heavy duty, industrial paper towels (the brown ones you find in many public restrooms, not the ones you have in the kitchen), a large fan, and a table or other work surface. Gently open the book, and place a paper towel between each page, and let the end of the towel hang out the side of the book. Don't force the towel down into the spine (the added thickness can break the spine), but make sure to cover most of the page. After you get paper towels between all the pages, open the book somewhere near the middle, lay it down on the table opened up as if you were reading, and let the fan gently blow over top of the book from across the room, not enough to move the pages, but enough to keep the air moving gently. After about 2 hours, go back and change ALL the paper towels, open the book to another set of pages, and do the same thing. Continue changing the paper towels and letting the air gently blow over the pages unitil the book is COMPLETELY dry. If it's not completely dry, you will likely end up with mildew in the book. Check the book periodically afterwards, to make sure there is no mildew started even if you think you got all the moisture out of the pages.

 

[der_kluge]

If you have books that get wet and you need to dry the pages, do it as soon as you find out the pages are wet.

Get several rolls of heavy duty, industrial paper towels (the brown ones you find in many public restrooms, not the ones you have in the kitchen), a large fan, and a table or other work surface. Gently open the book, and place a paper towel between each page, and let the end of the towel hang out the side of the book. Don't force the towel down into the spine (the added thickness can break the spine), but make sure to cover most of the page. After you get paper towels between all the pages, open the book somewhere near the middle, lay it down on the table opened up as if you were reading, and let the fan gently blow over top of the book from across the room, not enough to move the pages, but enough to keep the air moving gently. After about 2 hours, go back and change ALL the paper towels, open the book to another set of pages, and do the same thing. Continue changing the paper towels and letting the air gently blow over the pages unitil the book is COMPLETELY dry. If it's not completely dry, you will likely end up with mildew in the book. Check the book periodically afterwards, to make sure there is no mildew started even if you think you got all the moisture out of the pages.

NOW you tell me. I left a crack in the windows the other day, since it was hot out, and we got drenching downpour that afternoon. A couple of my CDs in the passenger seat got wet, and the little booklets got wet. I doubt there is anything I can do for them, though. They're all wrinkly now.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

NOW you tell me. I left a crack in the windows the other day, since it was hot out, and we got drenching downpour that afternoon. A couple of my CDs in the passenger seat got wet, and the little booklets got wet. I doubt there is anything I can do for them, though. They're all wrinkly now.

I don't know about CD booklets. The paper in them is different that in most books, although you could try it. My method is what the library uses for wet books that are primarily white paper liek you find in novels and general reading books. Glossy paper might have a different procedure, but I've never had to deal with drying them out.

 

[Warrior Poet]

If you have books that get wet and you need to dry the pages . . .

As a bibliophile, I have always wanted to know the best way to handle this problem, and I thank you!

My Dad called any bottle/can opener a churchkey, and told me that it was called that because opening a bottle of beer was a better religion ...

I'll drink to that.

Warrior Poet

 

[reveal]

Learned this last night on "Good Eats."

Soy beans are named "soy beans" because they are used to make soy sauce and not the other way around.

 

[Brain]

You can get answers to "yes or no" style questions in this thread