Hi,
Mylar sleeves eh? I just bought the ones Forbidden Planet handed me in the shop. At the time I just assumed that the bags were archive quality - maybe even mylar, but I suppose in retrospect I should have known, considering that they only cost 5 euro for 100.
The old progs are in pretty bad shape, I can really see them disentegrating in another couple of decades. I'd almost be tempted to say: "screw the monetary investment value, I'll just reinforce their spines and repair any bad tears with chinese paper and archival gum." At least they might be still readable when I leave them to my son.
I must do some more research on this stuff. The funny thing is, I have hundreds of drawings I did as a kid that are 30-40 years old that were done on really crappy paper and they're still in great condition all things considered. They were stored really carelessly too. The worst damage was done by the dreaded silverfish!
John
Mylar sleeves eh? I just bought the ones Forbidden Planet handed me in the shop. At the time I just assumed that the bags were archive quality - maybe even mylar, but I suppose in retrospect I should have known, considering that they only cost 5 euro for 100.
The old progs are in pretty bad shape, I can really see them disentegrating in another couple of decades. I'd almost be tempted to say: "screw the monetary investment value, I'll just reinforce their spines and repair any bad tears with chinese paper and archival gum." At least they might be still readable when I leave them to my son.
I must do some more research on this stuff. The funny thing is, I have hundreds of drawings I did as a kid that are 30-40 years old that were done on really crappy paper and they're still in great condition all things considered. They were stored really carelessly too. The worst damage was done by the dreaded silverfish!
John