Keeping your mannequins moth free

**rayvinton** · 03-10-2013, 05:25 PM

So I will be getting my first full uniform soon. I am wanting to display it on a mannequin but am afraid of those little creatures that destroy history. How do you with mannequins keep them from getting ruined?

Ray

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 03-10-2013 05:25 PM

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**rbminis** · 03-10-2013, 05:32 PM

Hello Ray,
If you choose not to use moth balls, you can use aromatic cedar balls. I am sure that there are other methods as well.
Ralph.

**Little Mermaid** · 03-10-2013, 05:35 PM

Lavendar (spelling?) oil on cotton balls/pads. This can usually be found at pharmacies and in health stores.

**rayvinton** · 03-10-2013, 05:36 PM

Where do you put them? In the pockets?

**lebus12** · 03-10-2013, 05:41 PM

Moths don't like air and light...and essence of thyme, a little bottle =20 €

**Little Mermaid** · 03-11-2013, 11:09 AM

I usually put the lavender oil on a cotton ball and put this in a tiny plastic bag and that in a pocket or on the hanger.

**edelweiss123** · 03-11-2013, 11:14 AM

Moth balls around the uniform and about in the room. Also i sometimes put some moth balls in a sock and pop it into a pocket.

**Ben Evans** · 03-11-2013, 11:14 AM

Hi all I have been looking into this for my Brocades, I am buying a glass display cabinet from Ikea and was thinking of some sort of moth protection, if I did the same with the lavender oil on a cotton ball and hid it behind one of the buckles would this have the same effect? Also if there are 4 compartments to the cabinet would one ball do the cabinet or would it need one in each compartment even though it is not airtight?

Thanks

Ben

**Danmark** · 03-11-2013, 11:25 AM

A sprig of lavender in the pockets wouldn't go astray either or use Cloves, Thyme, Ginseng and Rosemary.
Fill a sachet with one or a combination of these four herbs to keep moths at bay for months.

Who'da thought Dan was so domestically savvy??? .......... actually it was wifey!