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[Anuis]

I didn't see this question asked or was able to find it in search...

I am wondering about what kind of plastic wrapping is being used for lithograph protection. Is it acid-free and would not damage lithographs while it is being stored? Also, I wanted to know about the packaging cardboards from the earlier days, are they also acid-free, etc... and doesn't damage the lithograph while in storage?

I am asking because there are several lithographs (probably about 20) that I have not framed yet and need to store them for while. I was told that there are plastic and cardboards that can damage pictures, lithographs, etc in long term.

Any information on this would be appreciated!

Anuis

[NamiraWilhelm]

Seems like i need to find a better way to store mine then! But WHAT.....

[Trapper_920]

I have an acid-free museum box and I separate the lithos with a layer of acid-free tissue paper. I can hunt down some links for your guys later. Its fairly cheap if I remember correctly.

For the record I did take a Ph pen to the boxes my lithos came in and they are very acidic. I don't know about the plastic bag thingys.

[NamiraWilhelm]

that sounds kewl trapper, wonder if they'd be better off sitting on each other directly than in the plastic sleeves?

[vometia]

NamiraWilhelm wrote...

Seems like i need to find a better way to store mine then! But WHAT.....

Picture frames would be a good start!

[NamiraWilhelm]

I live with parent, i could only frame 5-6 at most in my ickle room! That'd leave... er... okay, i just counted i have 72 gamer prints in storage. Please tell me thats wrong.

[Trapper_920]

Humidity and plastic can have some issues with sticking and may do the same for litho to litho. I used the tissue paper hoping it would allow it to breath and not collect moisture from the air. Though that may be a mistake for all I know, I'm guessing and drawing straws.

[vometia]

NamiraWilhelm wrote...

I live with parent, i could only frame 5-6 at most in my ickle room! That'd leave... er... okay, i just counted i have 72 gamer prints in storage. Please tell me thats wrong.

That's wrong!  Which is probably not very helpful.

Can't you evict your brother and use his room too?

Trapper_920 wrote...

Humidity and plastic can have some issues with sticking and may do the same for litho to litho. I used the tissue paper hoping it would allow it to breath and not collect moisture from the air. Though that may be a mistake for all I know, I'm guessing and drawing straws.

Bugger, I never thought about that.  Why can't everything just be easy and straightforward?

[NamiraWilhelm]

This hobby should come with a warning!

[Anuis]

Any links to good and cheap museum box storage would be appreciated Trapper! I need to store lithographs and can't frame them at the moment. My brother also collects lithograph and posters from old times, such as the original Dune film poster(or was it lithograph? I forget), Flash Gordon, Tron and so on... he is also looking for safe way to store his as well.

Anuis

Modifié par Anuis, 12 août 2011 - 08:08 .

[Trapper_920]

Ok where I got mine is a site called http://www.archivalusa.com/

I bought this one...

http://www.archivalu...om/m73322g.html

and got this to put between the lithos...

http://www.archivalusa.com/m3040t.html

Hope it helps.

Edit: Fixed first link, I think...

Modifié par Trapper_920, 12 août 2011 - 09:52 .

[Trapper_920]

If you look around there is probably a supplier in the UK for these items as well.

[archive-th]

Damn it, I've been storing all mine in the packages it got sent in as well. I mean it's the most convenient want to keep it safely. It's the right size and everything, and I'm already out of wall space...I only have 4 up! lol. I'll need to make a plan

[NamiraWilhelm]

Right, found cheap acid free paper at amazon i'll be buying. You can buy 50 sheets for 5 quid.

Storage boxes are a bigger pain, only seem to go up to 22 x 30 inches. I'd like to stick my bigger ones in there if i could...

[Daveros]

I've just bought an Itoya Evolution 18x24 Portfolio, and it's just wonderful for my lithos that I cannot afford to frame. Fits (48 of) them perfectly, is archival safe and 100% acid free and I can flip through it to look at them when ever I want, which is always.

[______]

I believe these are the bags that Treehouse uses:

http://www.uline.com...ypropylene-Bags

The U-Line group is pretty ubiquitous in large scale merchandising and distribution channels, I've used them before and generally like their stuff. I am hesitant to stamp the big fat thumbs up on these specific bags though, considering they only list as "archival safe" and not "acid free" too, where other u-line products that are acid free explicitly state it.

That said, I like the following for prints storage:

For Bagging: http://www.dickblick...velope-storage/
For Separating Stacks: http://www.dickblick...rleaving-paper/

If you need something to stick all that in and you've got a little spare cash, these cases look good and offer a little hard, solid surrounding support, plus they're convienent as hell once its time to move the batch around!

Aluminum Case: http://www.dickblick...portfolio-case/
Hard Side Poly: http://www.dickblick...remium-uc-case/

Modifié par ______, 28 septembre 2011 - 09:51 .