help cleaning star wars club magazine ?

Hi guys I got a fantastic gift today from a friend. This are a holy grail for me. I got 8 danish fan club magazines, the 3 of them is so rare so I have only heard about them but never seen them before today and I do not know about any others who have one. So they are extremly rare.

A friend of mine found them in his basement, but he had a flood in his basement so they got damaged with water. They are dry now but there is now some bad damage of mold I think. I am not sure if it is mold or if it just dirt. But I think it is mold.

Do any of you know how to remove this or do I need a professional to remove it ?

Here is the pictures of the 3 of them it get a lot worse inside them

Not sure what to use to clean them, just be careful as you don't damage them anymore.

Great pickup though 8)

I'd leave them be.
Failing that a gentle dusting off with a cotton wool ball or a micro fibre cloth is all I'd risk doing.
Hopefully the pages aren't stuck together (ahem).

Here is the 5 others from another danish fan club they are not so rare as the others. But rare enough because I only know about 3 other danes who have this club magazines.

This have much more damage on the frontpage, is that mold all the dark spots ?

x-wingMark said:

Not sure what to use to clean them, just be careful as you don't damage them anymore.

Great pickup though 8)

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Thanks mate for the kind words :wink: I will be careful

tobedesu said:

I'd leave them be.
Failing that a gentle dusting off with a cotton wool ball or a micro fibre cloth is all I'd risk doing.
Hopefully the pages aren't stuck together (ahem).

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But is it not dangerous to leave them be ? I have heard you can get sick with mold on books ? :?
I have heard you need to have a mask on and gloves when you read them :shock:

I will try to dust them, thanks :wink:

No the pages are not stuck together

I just read into it a little and it is fine to brush off the excess mold.
Put some wax between under the page as you do so as not to damage the next page.

Then, now this is your decision, damp a cloth with hydrogen peroxide or denatured alcohol and wipe the page.
Its a risk.

tobedesu said:

I just read into it a little and it is fine to brush off the excess mold.
Put some wax between under the page as you do so as not to damage the next page.

Then, now this is your decision, damp a cloth with hydrogen peroxide or denatured alcohol and wipe the page.
Its a risk.

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Thanks mate I will try that, first I will try to brush it off

id leave them a warm enviroment for a bit. dry it out completely and carefully brush the cover with a make up brush get rid of any powder.

how come jeff bridges is on one cover? i suppose it was promoting starman

poncho said:

id leave them a warm enviroment for a bit. dry it out completely and carefully brush the cover with a make up brush get rid of any powder.

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Thanks mate for the help, I will try that

poncho said:

how come jeff bridges is on one cover? i suppose it was promoting starman

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Yes jeff bridges is on one of the covers because there is something in the magazine about starman or jeff bridges I think it is an interview with jeff bridges or a review of starman. I can look at it when I get home from work later today :wink:

I tried to brush the covers and the pages in all the magazines but that did not help