Stop boards, just go with bags, what do you think?20303
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Quote:Originally Posted by Optic_Blast What happen if the bags start to stick between them? |
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| Proper sized bags and boards all day. You can place them face to face when boxing as an extra protection against warping. I usually use mylars and fullbacks but during the thing that shan't be named for fear of suspension I started buying from Comic Pro Line. Their mylars aren't the best, but I found that I liked the 28 point boards and their OPP bags have a nice feel. Thus far, I haven't noticed warping or rippling. Time will tell. Any poly bags I've purchased from BCW, Southern Hobby, etc kinda suck. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Jr1776 Invest in mylites or mylars. |
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 Not trying to be an ass since February 12, 2020.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Optic_Blast What they are saying is the regular Poly bags are going to wear out. They are expected to last about 5 years. They may last longer without damaging books. The recommended change is 5 years. Mylar has an indefinite life span. All Mylar bags are good. EGerber Mylites have a UV resistant additive good for books exposed to light. Mylar Bags are stiffer and would add extra protection vs poly bags alone. You would likely need a size up to fit the same amount of books per bag because they do not have the flexibility of poly bags. I hope that helps with the language differences. |
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| If you're intent on bagging multiple books into one bag, then why not just buy magazine bags. You'll be able to fit quite a bit in those bags. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Jr1776 If the bags start to stick together then you have to carefully peel, or separate, the books from one another. If the books are placed in the bag with backing boards, then separating them books won't be too bad. If you want to see what it'll do to your books then put down a few strips of double stick tape in between two sets of bagged books with no board. Now try separating them and watch what happens to the book as the bags start to stretch and put pressure on the books. Long time collectors know what I'm talking about. |
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Lifted from elsewhere in the forum, this is exactly what happens to old poly bags and it can very definitely transfer to the cover. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by figment Well but its the problem of the bags, with board or not it changes nothing, right? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Jr1776 Correct, the book shown has a backing board. |
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 Ima gonna steal this and look for some occasion to use it!
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| Bag and board is convenient, easy and fairly secure storage. That is the bottom line. HOWEVER... the best pedigree collection - Mile High - did not have any bags or boards. Just tall stacks of books in nearly ideal storage conditions. If you want to skip boards - and you are talking about storing modern books - you should probably look at silver age bags holding 5-8 modern books. You need to alternate as far as which side the spine is on so they do not get a stacking bend or a spine curl from long term storage. If it's older books than you use a golden age or magazine bag as needed. I purchased a collection several years ago from a guy that in the late 70's and early 80's worked at a comic book store while in high school then college. He purchased multiple copies - new - of most of the Marvel titles of that era. 8-10 copies of first issues, five of the mainstream titles and any cover he thought really cool. The books were individually bagged - and then four to eight copies were put in a larger bag with a single backing board in the middle. Stored in a detached but heated garage (but no AC) for almost 40 years. The books were great. No spine curls and very few with stacking bends. Page quality is near 100% white. So it can be done. But the question is "why"?. Why try to achieve "almost as good" when it's no less effort and not all that much money. Buy bags and boards in bulk. At least 1000 at a time. You can get the cost down to around 15 cents a book. Doing what the owner of the collection did today the cost might be nine cents a book. |
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