[NHCOLL-L:2111] Cleaning carpets

[Tim White]

This just in...

This combines two issues:
Did we ever get replies on the cleaning of carpets in displays.  It will be 
interesting to know how as some carpets are treated with pesticides 
(isothiazoline-compounds, permethrin, naphtalene) or contains residues in 
between the fibres (lindane, dichlorvos, malathion, bendiocarb).  How does 
one get rid of these residues if vacuuming is not sufficient.  Isn't it 
more practical to get rid of the carpets, but what does one replace it 
with?  A wooden floor!

Dr H. Fourie
Research: Palaeontology
Transvaal Museum
PO Box 413
Pretoria
South Africa


Tim

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