tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post8450978995786080448..comments2023-12-20T23:37:21.297+09:00Comments on Taniwa: FansTanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00858446371419879296noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-80468638417708325872008-08-17T21:58:00.000+09:002008-08-17T21:58:00.000+09:00When you wipe down your items, do you put vinegar ...When you wipe down your items, do you put vinegar or bleach in your water? I find that holds off the mold for a while. For my furniture and panelling, the mold attacks varnish but not varethane. We use a dehumidifier in our basement during the summer months and that really helps with my mold problem. Unfortunately, it does soak up electricity along with the humidity.Rose Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13222914515169308269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-45246404903621227512008-08-17T21:35:00.000+09:002008-08-17T21:35:00.000+09:00Amost everywhere I go here in the Southeast is air...Amost everywhere I go here in the Southeast is air conditioned any more - you really can't stand it indoors if there isn't air conditioning. I haven't thought of fans for ages. The ones everybody had lying around when I was a kid were cardboard mounted on a flat stick about the width of the tongue depressor but longer. The fans were a rounded-corner rectangle with straight top and bottom edges and the sides curved inward. And the strange thing was, almost everyone's came from the local funeral home and had advertising printed on them. It was very common then for funeral homes to have lots of fans for the bereaved to fan themselves while sitting at the funeral home (no a/c) and everybody brought them home. The funeral homes also passed them out for advertising at outdoor venues such as ball games or parades. No one was queasy about the subject being advertised on the fans and the shape was very effective! <br><br>Of course you got advertising on such unusual but useful things back then - the funniest one that was common during an election was printing your name and the office you were running for on a potholder which you left with the "lady of the house" (!) when you went door to door campaigning. I guess they just expected that if they rang a doorbell at 2 p.m. the only person at home would be the wife.<br><br>I know about the mold issue. When my neighbor died, they closed up her house for a month while the family sorted things out and all the furniture was covered with white fuzzy mold. The whole house was like a petri dish. Yuck!!! You have my sympathies on that one!The Calico Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01772374749065425388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-32873319457800269082008-08-17T00:45:00.000+09:002008-08-17T00:45:00.000+09:00That mold would drive me crazy! Ugh! Love the fans...That mold would drive me crazy! Ugh! Love the fans - at least the beauty is a small distraction from the horrible heat!Marilyn Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13249212194704638191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-84336160889185361502008-08-16T15:10:00.000+09:002008-08-16T15:10:00.000+09:00Yuk, that mould! It must drive you mad having to k...Yuk, that mould! It must drive you mad having to keep cleaning it off. Love the fans. I have several folding fans which I use when it's really hot - they've not had any use this year though.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00459871513482076398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-12606470006525315722008-08-16T11:16:00.000+09:002008-08-16T11:16:00.000+09:00The fans are so beautiful, such intricate designs....The fans are so beautiful, such intricate designs. The fabric covering the bamboo is a real work of art. Thanks for sharing...you are a living history book for us .<br>Hoping that the mold will soon leave your property and move south..:>)artfilstitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09346672669089083065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822513.post-11804908658027469562008-08-16T10:27:00.000+09:002008-08-16T10:27:00.000+09:00I understand about the mold! When I was stationed...I understand about the mold! When I was stationed over there we had to get rid of some of my husbands suits because of the mold that grew on them!mabrulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104462616321878055noreply@blogger.com