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1. Recovering Wet
Documents or Books
A Few Things You Need to Know About Freeze-drying

2. Want to watch some paper dry?
Of course not. Unless maybe you’re dealing with something particularly
unpleasant at work today.
But in all seriousness, when your business or organization is dealing with
important wet documents or books - and the potential related process or
legal costs, or historical losses - paper drying suddenly becomes very
interesting. So understanding how your documents can be salvaged may save
you from a lot of fingernail biting while you wait for the process to play out.

3. Document Restoration

4. Damaged Document Drying & Restoration
Our technicians are trained on the many of the most advanced techniques available
for cleaning and restoring documents and other items; and ensuring that our
customers always receive a quick and cost5 effective response.
Some of these techniques that are applied are (but not limited to):
o HEPA Vacuuming
o Dry Sponge Cleaning
o Brushes and Dry Erasers Restoration
o Microbial Growth Remediation
o Drying & Restoring Documents

5. Refrigeration Trucks to the Rescue
After you call a document restoration provider about wet books or
documents, their goal will be to freeze them as fast as possible because
freezing slows the disintegration of paper.
That’s why the first stop for your wet or moist documents or books will most
likely be a refrigerated truck. Once the documents are frozen, the water
needs to be removed as fast as possible to help minimize overall damage.

6. The Magic of Freeze-drying
When your documents and books arrive at a facility, your restoration provider
will typically use freeze-drying (the scientific term is lyophilization) to remove
water before completing any other necessary restoration steps.
The freeze-drying process uses a combination of low temperatures and low
pressure to transform water from a solid to a gas. Condensing coils in the freeze
drying chambers attract the gas and remove water from the chambers.
It’s important to understand that freeze-drying can be taken too far, in which
case it may result in dry or brittle paper. So limits should be applied to prevent
this from happening.

7. Three Things to Consider
Your document restoration needs can be time-sensitive and involve confidential
or even priceless fragile materials. Damaged or lost documents can also set off a
chain reaction of process or legal-related scenarios that can quickly grow very
expensive. That’s why we recommend planning ahead whenever possible.

8. Three Things to Consider
If your organization has important documents or books that it could not afford
to lose, be sure to:
o Consider how fast you would need them back, if something happened
o Evaluate your document restoration vendor options ahead of time
o Learn how to prevent and prepare for emergency situations

9. Call Us : 316.413.5754
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Phone: 316.321.1895
729 E. Boston Wichita,
KS 67211
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