Cleaning Brown Wax Cylinders

[klinkmi]

Recently I picked up several Brown Wax Cylinders at an Estate Sale. Most are in good shape however about half of them (approx 15) look to be developing early stages of mold spotting. Most of them that were wrapped in the original cotton appear to be fine but the ones that were in a spindle box have the problem? I know humidity and dampness create this problem. My question is what can I do to stop the problem before it gets any worse. I am not as familiar with the early ones and don't want to ruin what I have.

[gibsonj]

klinkmi

I ran across this link awhile back. The Library of Congress apparently uses this method.

cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/1996/1038.html

Hope this helps.

John

[klinkmi]

Thanks for the info. It is a great and interesting link!!

Mike