Removing Mold From Passport Pages

Posts: 2 · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:05 am

Hello all. I have some old passports that smell moldy although I cannot see mold stains. I want to remove the mold. I have used a weak solution of bleach and paper towels on the passport covers but obviously cannot use this on the pages which have ink passport stamps/visas as the ink will run. The passports are of sentimental value as they remind me of all my past global travels. What should I do? Thank you.

Posts: 342 · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:19 am

freebeacher wrote:

Hello all. I have some old passports that smell moldy although I cannot see mold stains. I want to remove the mold. I have used a weak solution of bleach and paper towels on the passport covers but obviously cannot use this on the pages which have ink passport stamps/visas as the ink will run. The passports are of sentimental value as they remind me of all my past global travels. What should I do? Thank you.

Bake them in the sun on a very low humdity day.

Put them in a container that has been soaked in bleach with a cardboard ontop and below them and put them up on a tray with strong undiluted bleach in a pan below them. Make sure the box is closed so that the fumes will not escape. (Do this outside and don't breath in the bleach fumes.

Put baking poweder/soda (can't remember which this morning) over the pages. The same kind used in fridges to absorb the smells. Keep changing the powder after a few days.

Get cedar chips and put the passports in a bag with them.

Mold is a killer for paper products.

Posts: 2 · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:24 am

Thank you very much! Sounds good.