I have not seen anything specific regarding coated paper, or, for that matter, hard pressed (”calendered”) paper, other than one study on new Swiss Francs (pretty good, er, bad, virus survival - a few days, IIRC), but I’d assume coated and hard pressed paper to be nearly in the category of plastics and metal, painted surfaces, and so on.
OTOH, virus particles on hard pressed paper should respond to UV treatment (bright sun) much like virus particles on other hard surfaces. I’d assume a little “grey” area to be safe.
I’m also guessing the interior of a closed up car in direct sunlight on a hot sunny day will cook any human virus’ goose given 9-10 hours of heating. Would one day of such heat damage the pancake mix? (I guess if it has yeast in it, maybe so?)
I keep wondering if the 6 hours for cloth that I’ve seen stated in various places might vary with the type of cloth. My sense of it is that synthetics might be more, uh, hospitable to virus particles, but that’s just my guess. OTOH, irony would be if asbestos kills viruses quickly.
I’ve been spraying my packages/letters with either Lysol (it kills coronavirus, you know...lol) or isopropyl alcohol and then setting them out in the full sun, to bake, for a few hours.
I’m hoping this process kills the China Virus, on these surfaces.
Hot, sunny day?
You mean both on the same day?
Hmmm, I think that might happen once or twice in July, if memory serves me correctly.
But this is CNY. Just getting the sunny day is a stroke of luck, much less the hot part.
I would also suspect polyester to be more in line with other hard surfaces.
I need to look at my fabric selection for making homemade masks.
Could whip those up in a few minutes what with the way I sew.
My sewing machine is the *take it with me if the house is on fire* kind of necessity.