Document Restoration with Vacuum Freeze Drying

Because items such as important and sensitive documents, books, heirlooms and other keepsakes are often of great value, the ability to preserve or restore them should be of utmost concern to insurance providers. In many cases they can mean just as much to the insured as the damage to the structures and premises themselves. In some cases they can mean even more.


Thunder Restoration uses state-of-the-art technology in our equipment to effectively and efficiently preserve water damaged documents and valuable keepsakes. It is their vacuum freeze-drying capability that helps sets them apart from other restoration companies in the industry.




About The Freeze Dry Process
The freeze-drying process is basically defined as a process where ice is transformed from a solid state to a gaseous state - then recollected as a solid without returning to liquid form. The concept was put to use effectively during World War II by the U.S. Government to store human plasma. Later, the freeze-drying process was introduced to the food and drug industries who saw the huge benefits of its preserving qualities. The process has since gained widespread popularity among certain industry segments as a means to preserve and recover valuable documents damaged by water.


Water damaged books and documents may be fully restored with the freeze dry process.


First and foremost, the items to be preserved with freeze-drying are frozen solid. This maintains their integrity, their shape and their form. In this frozen state, they can be stored indefinitely without risk of additional damage. Other drying methods, like vacuum drying, simply don't afford this significant benefit. Drying under vacuum alone takes more time and allows liquid to remain until evaporation. Inks and dyes can still run, stick and stain. Printed pages and other materials can still expand and distort - and rot - where liquid still exists.

Control - freezing items solid stabilizes them until freeze-drying process begins, even at a later date.

Economy - no need to "rush to dry" and incur additional expenses before assessing real damage. And, it's done right the first time.

Prevention - freeze-drying is the performance proven method to virtually eliminate additional damage to items caused by the liquid present during other drying techiques.

Results - water damaged items are preserved as close to their original state as possible in today's restoration technology.



Items which can be restored with Freeze Drying:
Blueprints
Important Business Records
Medical Records
Valuable Artwork
Historical Print Material
Heirlooms and Keepsakes