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dampening paper and mold - solutions?

  • Alan_Dye
  • on 9 May 11 (18:59)
  • Updated 9 May 11 (19:08)

Hi All,

I’m thinking about dampening paper for a job here in a few weeks that will require keeping the paper damp for several days.

Lewis Allen suggested putting a few drops of formaldehyde in the water used for dampening to prevent mold in jobs like this, but we now know that formaldehyde is carcinogenic and as a result it has become generally unavailable to the public at large.

Has anyone experimented with alternatives like Moldex or some other chemical to include in the dampening bath?

Thanks,

Alan

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Hi Alan,
You can put your well-wrapped (in plastic) package(s) of paper in the refrigerator to forestall mold. And let me know if you’d like to borrow my humidors.
Lisa
Littoral Press

Alan…. I’ve never run into a mold problem with dampened paper. However, if I had to keep my paper damp for a few days, I think I’d add a fungicide of some sort to the water.