What Do You Use To Seal Your Mylar?3331
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| What do you guys use to seal your mylar sleeves? I'm looking for more than the obvious "tape" response. I read my books fairly frequently and I am looking for something to keep the flaps secure but also will allow me to open and close the flaps without any damage to the mylar or closure item. So far I have tried: Scotch Tape Horizontally - tape just rips and is not reusable - a pain in the butt to try and remove the shredded pieces from the flap Scotch Tape Vertically - this worked once but again ripped and had little pieces stuck to the flap White Vertical Stickers - secures well, looks great but rips in half when trying to open White Circle Stickers - again looks great, secures well but rips in half when opening flap. Double Sided Tape - Looks very nice (clear) holds well, can only use about twice as the sticky is so strong it bends the flap all to hell when trying to open. Velcro - Same problems as the double sided tape. The velcro is so strong that by time you open the flap it is all mangled. Also, the velcro sticks out some and can possible leave imprints on books behind it. Any ideas on a nice clean looking adhesive that would allow me to open the flaps repeatedly without damaging the flap or leaving bits of torn pieces behind? The two different white tabs claimed to be re-usable but they were not. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Relaxin89 I'm sure OP appreciates the link as much as I do. But unfortunately those are poly bags, Mylar are not available as resealable from BCW. I too would like an intuitive solution to this constant dilemma. |
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| @Grayspeedster Your right, good catch. Still my favorite bag out there. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Relaxin89 Best poly bag hands down! |
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| I use those bags. With two small pieces of scotch tape vertically at the ends. Seems to work fine | ||
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Did someone say seal? |
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| I read somewhere that if you put a "buddy-tab" on the tape, it makes it so much easier to open and reseal without tearing the tape or bag. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Wolverine It's a resealable bag so I'm not understanding the use of tape? Are you mixing up resealable poly with regular poly or do you actually tape a resealable poly? If the latter, would you care to elaborate why? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Relaxin89 I had a comic come in the mail shipped in one of those, and loved it! Immediately ordered a few packs. No more tape   I have officialy ABANDONED Mylite2s after trying them for 6 months. The edge of the mylar is so sharp that I have now cut into two golden age book covers putting them in. If the smallest chip on the cover catches the mylar, it will zip through an old book like a razor knife. |
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| I'm just shocked that I just read the word Velcro in this thread. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by HexigoreThis is what I do also scotch tape with a folded over tab and then the tape becomes reusable over and over. I've seen where people use the sticky dots never a fan of them and you can buy tape with the tab already there. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by shrewbeer Thinking about doing this myself just for how easy they are to use and how much time they save. |
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| not to derail the thread, but... CBCS uses resealable bags that are much like the Ultra-Pro bags (except a lot thinner). Anyone know where to get them, or a resealable slab bag similar? |
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| Resalable mylar would be awesome, why hasn't anyone done this yet? | ||
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| Did someone say Velcro? | ||
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| Personally, I use Scotch Removable Tape, a single diagonal piece in the center... and then I score the top of the mylar (in my case, usually Mylites+, but I do use Mylites 2 for higher end books) front and back with my fingernail. I find that having the tape diagonally allows me to easily slide my finger under the flap (from the right, toward the tape slanted down and to the left, like /) and easily unseal the tape. I then either remove it, set it aside and re-use it, or simply replace it when I re-seal the book. I've been using this stuff for about a little over a year... I don't open my books that often, but when I do I find that this stuff is MUCH easier to deal with than most other kinds of tape I run across. It's sticky enough to solidly seal, but doesn't pull or fight me when I want to unseal things. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DarthLegolol |
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DarthLego private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Things from Another World (tfaw.com) use round stickers with their logo that are just the right amount of sticky. I wish they sold those by the roll. Lol | ||
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| no joke i bought some books off ebay and they used packing tape to seal their books | ||
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| @ONLINE_209 that grinds my gears! | ||
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| I like using blue painters tape. It's not perfect, but it holds well, plus usually removes fairly easy without tearing up the bags. | ||
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| Duct tape is worse. Seriously. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by OpiePride I agree. I have been using blue painters tape on my Mylites2 and on Ultra Pro polybags for almost 2 years. A 4" to 5" horizontal piece of tape will hold the Mylites2 closed quite well, while one (centered) or two 1.5" to 2" vertical piece(s) will work great on a polybag. The tape comes off clean and easy and can be reused several times. |
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| Painters tape is a brilliant idea. I might start using that. Personally, I had abandoned taping my bags. I fold the flap between the comic and board. Then, my more expensive books go in toploaders. |
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| We just had this thread not too long ago. I remember The Bronze Age kid was telling us about the 5 pieces of tape he uses on the back. | ||
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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Gorilla Glue for the perfect seal every time.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by vabchgentnow that is just bananas |
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