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Jun 19th 2007 | 6:04 am

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eddie007

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Re: how to avoid mould on shipped clothes

thanks guys...

Jun 19th 2007 | 9:36 am

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Jaycee1

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Re: how to avoid mould on shipped clothes

This is a site for the silica gel:

http://www.aid-pack.co.uk/webapp/wcs...egory_rn=13241

Hope it helps

J x

Jun 19th 2007 | 2:34 pm

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Re: how to avoid mould on shipped clothes

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Originally Posted by eddie007

ok, having just read on the insurance website that clothes can get mouldy during shipping..... how do I stop this happening?

Is there somewhere that does huge bags of silica gel? and if so is that what I need to be using?

Many thanks ... am about to pack unecessary clothes

Hi there, we brought a load of silica gel sachets off ebay for Â£12! Did the trick, no mould! Also put some sachets in with bed linen, mattresses and the sofas. We also vacume packed as much as we could. X

Jun 19th 2007 | 6:18 pm

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Budgie

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Re: how to avoid mould on shipped clothes

My candles actually DID all melt. I didn't realise that was a myth, I assumed it was a common thing! They were all cheap Ikea ones though....

Jun 21st 2007 | 1:58 am

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PoppetUK

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Re: how to avoid mould on shipped clothes

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Originally Posted by eddie007

I was worried about the same thing but didn't even think of the gel packs etc. Everything was packed in boxes. Arrived just fine. I even took my bedline out and it still smelt of my washing powder back home. I had the best nights sleep for 3 months!!!!

All our stuff was very dry and I would also guess that coming at this time of year there isn't such a difference in temperatures. Just my theory I could be wrong.

J