Jim Leonard boldly stated:
>
>"Lee K. Seitz" wrote:
>>
>> You might want to be wary of the acid in the bags. They could harm
>> the boxes after some years of storage. (OTOH, there's enough acid in
>> the boxes themselves to cause them to deteroirate over time anyway, so
>> it may not make much difference.)
>
>I like to tuck the thought of boxes themselves containing acid safely away in
>my mind for several years at a time, but occaisionally comments like this
>remind me of the inevitable. Has anyone heard of a way to stop this process?
>I dread the day my boxes are as faded as storefront-window display boxes :-(
De-acidifying paper is a very expensive process, IIRC. And the
problem with boxes is probably not the paper so much as the glue used
to hold them together. I tend to tuck the thought away, too.
As for the faded display boxes, I believe that's more from sunlight
than anything else. Sunlight and fluorescent lights are the worst for
making things fade. I haven't read the whole document, but I think
you might be able to glean some preservation tips from
http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/presfaq.html.
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