The bane of every book collecting person: the Silverfish. DUN DUN DUNNNNN!!!
How to get rid of them?
If one book has been infected, place it inside an air-tight plastic bag along with some silica gel desiccant. The silica gel is important to get rid of moisture, because you will now place the sealed plastic bag with the book in it inside the freezer. Leave it in there for a couple of days so that those bugs catch their death of cold.
If you're feeling particularly paranoid, (like I usually am) feel free to leave the plastic bag in there for a week. If they're not dead, then you might likely have an infestation of zombie silverfish, which is out of the scope of this blogpost.
But what if a whole colony of silverfish decided to invade your whole bookcase? Then you have to make sure you're ready for war.
Place a generous amount of silica gel (or if you can find it, diatomaceous earth) behind your books at the back of the shelves so that moisture levels remain low. Silverfish l…
How to get rid of them?
If one book has been infected, place it inside an air-tight plastic bag along with some silica gel desiccant. The silica gel is important to get rid of moisture, because you will now place the sealed plastic bag with the book in it inside the freezer. Leave it in there for a couple of days so that those bugs catch their death of cold.
If you're feeling particularly paranoid, (like I usually am) feel free to leave the plastic bag in there for a week. If they're not dead, then you might likely have an infestation of zombie silverfish, which is out of the scope of this blogpost.
But what if a whole colony of silverfish decided to invade your whole bookcase? Then you have to make sure you're ready for war.
Place a generous amount of silica gel (or if you can find it, diatomaceous earth) behind your books at the back of the shelves so that moisture levels remain low. Silverfish l…
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ReplyDeleteKafka On The Shore, yeah, a masterpiece that i haven't read yet.
Hopefully after i finish with Jonathan Strange And Mr. Norell.
And how are you enjoying Jonathan Strange so far? I'm planning to read that quite soon.
ReplyDeleteKafka's an okay book. Starts very well but a lot of people find the ending quite disappointing.
Not yet reading Mr. Norell actually.
ReplyDeleteNot until i'm done with my writing which i plan it all finish during this weekend.
:P
Will go to Them (Jon and Norell) after that.
Hahaha.. alrights. I hope you post your thoughts about it when you're done!
ReplyDeleteALL THE TIME!
ReplyDeleteInteresting pic. Book advertising in what looks like a train station tunnel? Is it?
ReplyDeleteLondon Tube if I'm not mistaken.
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