Respected writer Suchart Sawatsi needs a deep-freeze chamber to rescue his collection of rare books that were damaged by the flood which ravaged his home in Pathum Thani.
At the peak of the flooding, about 80% of all the printed materials kept at his house were submerged in flood water, many of which include rare books, magazines and newspapers.
But even publications that were saved from being submerged by floodwater have mould growing on them.
According to German experts, who were flown in by the Goethe Institute last week, the books can still be rescued and brought back to good condition.
But they immediately have to be cleaned and kept in a deep-freeze chamber at minus 10C, or at -20C for best results.
The books, however, can be kept for the next several years before being preserved in the freeze-drying process, with help from the Goethe Institute and Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
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