Wet Paper Material Recovery
Document Drying Services
Document Drying Professionals!!
Rely on Local Restoration for Material Recovery & Disaster Planning
If you’re a records manager, you know -- recuperating a wet document is a tremendous responsibility. It requires and expert, and there is probably only one opportunity to do it correctly.
And you are not alone. Documents are ruined every day, by fire suppression systems, natural floods, manmade flood damage, rain, pipe breaks and other causes. There you are with paper records and other paper materials, or irreplaceable microfilm and microfiche, full of water.
Take heart -- full recovery is possible if you act quickly. Call us immediately. The restoration of books, documents, magnetic and micrographic media is one of our specialties.
Essentially, the solution is to stabilize the situation. Paper documents should be freeze dried to prevent further damage. On the other hand, photographic media should not be allowed to dry in contact with each other, or they will adhere.
Since 1994, Local Restoration has recovered thousands and thousands of pounds of wet documents and wet books, one page at a time. Our expertise is used regularly by the records, library and institutional communities.
We operate with the most up-to-date methods and technologies. (In case you’re a librarian, we won’t say “state of the art.” But we are.) We own all the equipment we use, and at hand to deal with any large-loss project. Simply call on our well-trained staff, and know that they know to deal with any material recovery situation quickly and cost-effectively.
Drying Wet-Books:
Vacuum freeze-drying process
Cryogenic freeze-drying of vellum & leather bound books
Removal of soot, mold, and all surface grime
Text block trimmed if considered necessary
Deodorizing to eliminate smoke odor
Rebinding to LBI preservation standards
Drying Wet Documents, Wet Blueprints, Wet Maps
Vacuum freeze-drying
Removal of soot, mold, and all surface grime
Deodorizing to eliminate smoke odor
Re-jacketing of books, files & binders
Scanning or Microfilming damaged materials
Relabeling
Reorder & Indexing of damaged files
Drying Wet Microfilm, Wet Microfiche, Wet X-Ray Film, Wet Aperture Cards
Removal of soot, mold, and all surface grime
Complete Drying
Relabeling & re-housing
Re-spooling roll film
Back file conversions
Taking apart of adhered x-ray films
Drying Wet Photographic Prints, Wet Photographic Negatives
Removal of all surface grime
Air drying
Relabeling & re-housing
Re-jacketing of books, files & binders
Undeveloped film drying & processing
Drying Wet Audio Tape, Wet Video Tape
Gentle disassembly; cleaning of components
Vacuum dry process
Re-spooling
Duplication, if considered necessary
Drying Wet Magnetic Diskettes, Wet Disk Drives
Removal of surface grime
Drying
Replication to a fresh disk or uploading to tape
Remember, when document drying:
Drying is cheaper than replacing.
Insurance companies consult a document drying service before replacing wet documents
Call DOCUMENT DRYING PROFESSIONALS!
For reliable document drying service, phone Local Restoration:
1-800-222-6815
