Book Smoke Damage Removal

This video shows our contents division team cleaning soot damaged books onsite. There was a mild soot coverage over everything.

Equipment Used in this Video

• Soot Hepa Vacuum Bench
• Hepa Rated Vacuum Cleaner
• Hepa Air scrubber with carbon filter
• Chem sponge
• Vacuum with horses hair head

Steps to Soot Removal

• Hold Book closed
• Hepa Vaccum the books with horses hair head on top of the hepa vacuum bench
• After book have been hepa vacuumed the books can be wiped with a dry chem sponge.
• Run an air scrubber in the background with a carbon filter. This will help capture the the smoke smell by filtering the air through carbon granules.
• Remember not to wet the books when cleaning

Removing Smoke Odour from Books

We also us an Odorox XL3 machine which uses hydroxyl to remove the smoke odour out of the books. This can run in the background while we are working unlike the alternative technology called ozone which is poisonous if inhaled. Another reason we don’t use ozone is that it can in some cases damage the integrity of the media.

We have a fire damage contents restoration and cleaning facility for cleaning soot damaged books and other smoke damaged contents. Please give us a call if you require a quote to clean your soot damaged books or other treasured belongings after a fire.

Make sure you check out our fire smoke damage restoration brisbane service for cleaning of structures, walls, ceilings etc after fires.