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Re: Long Term Packaging
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:45:04 GMT
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Dan Simonson wrote:
> The time has come.
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> After just having turned 18, and thereby ascending from the title
> "KABOB" to an "AFOL," I now descend into my dark ages as I head off
> to college. :-(
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> Sad? Yes. But I want to make my dark ages a smooth one. I've been
> sorting bricks for a few weeks now; my plan is to put them in Ziploc
> bags, put those in a bin, and leave them in a closet for 4 years, or
> at least until I can get my own place.
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> Is there anything better that I can do? Anything bad that typically
> happens over long-term storage? I've heard of white bricks
> yellowing... the container will be opaque, and having seen the nice
> sun tans some of my white bricks have recieved, that should help
> lower risks of damage.
Yellowing may not just be due to sun. A few years back, I opened some sealed
sets that were from the 70s. They had yellowed blue bricks (but not all the
blue bricks), so I assume there are other causes of yellowing than just UV
damage (and the boxes weren't faded, so it wasn't like they were sitting in
the window, and allowing some tiny amount of UV to get through - though that
could still be what was going on, even if there wasn't enough exposure to
fade the boxes).
That said, I have not noticed significant yellowing of my sorted brick, so
keeping it out of the sun should be all you really need to protect it for 4
years.
Frank
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| (...) Frank, I noticed the same thing in regards to the yellowing of blue bricks in a long ago sealed late 1960's set. For me it was blue sloped bricks. At least with Cellulose Acetate there are other known causes of damage to bricks. Both heat and (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Long Term Packaging
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| The time has come. After just having turned 18, and thereby ascending from the title "KABOB" to an "AFOL," I now descend into my dark ages as I head off to college. :-( Sad? Yes. But I want to make my dark ages a smooth one. I've been sorting bricks (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jul-06, to lugnet.general)
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