Cleaning manuals?

[Teh Lurv]

Yesterday I picked up a few NES manuals I needed from a yard sale. The manuals were stored inside a dusty, dirty box with a few bits of mouse poop at the bottom. ::bleh!:: The manuals themselves fortunately didn't appear to have been pooped on, but they have that layer of dust/dirt and are bent out of shape.

Aside from hitting them with an air can and flattening them out, I don't really have any other ideas on how to clean them. Considering where they'd been, I'd like to disinfect them, but I don't want to ruin them either. Anyone have any suggestions?

[Anapan]

When my parent's basement flooded, the restoration company that the insurance company hired managed to fix all the photo albums and books that got destroyed by using a freeze-drying process. It might be a bit extreme, but I was amazed at what they managed to do vs my efforts with suede cloths and the freezer. Might be something to look into.

[Ziggy]

Some air purifiers have UV lights in them, to kill mold and whatnot. Maybe you've got something there.

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