On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Eugene Surowitz <[email protected]>wrote:
> And be careful of the metal for notebooks: > At 50 years: a decent rag content paper is yellow free and flexible; > at 50 years: an aluminum car body is turning to dust. > could you provide some references for that? with an iron car frame that is believable, however aluminum is highly corrosion resistant. Here is the first statue cast in aluminum 1893 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eros-piccadilly-circus.jpg after over a century it is still shiny.. As long as you don't use aluminum as an anode in a battery, it'll maintain it's corrosion resistive abilities. > Quill pens anybody? > > Gene make sure to use only alkaline paper and inks for archival. I use acid-free paper for my printing my blogs. If I had my own laser printer could print them on aluminum foil. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
