Sooty floppy help! (fwd)

[Melissa Davis <mbdavis@TENET.EDU>]

This isn't exactly on topic but you folks are so good at answering
questions I thought I'd give you a shot:

A friend needs help. There was a fire in one bedroom of his house. Not too
much damage, but the soot & smoke got everywhere upstairs including his
office that was down the hall! His 2 computers are being professionally
cleaned. But what about all the floppies he has (had?) ? He thinks the ones
that were in containers are probably ok but there were quite a few laying
out on his desk that he's not sure of.

Is there a way to clean either a 5.25 or 3.5 diskette? How can you tell if
it needs cleaning? Should he junk them all and start over?

Thanks,

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