Document Drying and Records Recovery in the United States

So mobilization stays on track, nationally, vacuum freeze drying runs about $20 to $40 per cubic foot, which is roughly $25 to $50 for a standard file box.

For an always-ready response, because freezing stops the clock. Because we answer at any hour, below freezing, paper stops swelling, ink stops migrating, and microbial growth stops advancing.

With a crew geared up, no, and the speed is the reason. For an always-ready response, rapid blast freezing forms very small ice crystals, while slow freezing in a domestic freezer grows large ones that distort the fiber.

For an always-ready response, frozen records go into a sealed chamber and the air pressure is lowered a long way.

So mobilization stays on track, freezing happens the same calendar day in most cases. So mobilization stays on track, a chamber cycle ordinarily runs one to three weeks, and large volumes take longer.

With a crew geared up, a few damp folders can be air dried with interleaving and dry moving air, and we will tell you honestly when that is enough.

So mobilization stays on track, plain paper files, ledgers, bound volumes and most office records come back well. Because we answer at any hour, coated and glossy paper that fully dried while stuck together is the worst case, because blocking rarely separates.