Subject:
|
Re: Hate the current boxes
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.storage
|
Date:
|
Fri, 4 Dec 1998 16:31:02 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
3470 times
|
| |
|
|
"John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@msn.com> writes:
> > Heh heh, I feel pretty weird now -- I have Zip-Loc bags on the *outside* of
> > some of my boxes -- so that when I move them, I don't scratch them against
> > each other. I do build and play with all my pieces, but I want the artwork on
> > the boxes to be preserved. Most of the artwork from the smaller boxes and
> > instructions are in 3-ring binders...
>
> What do you do with the artwork from the larger boxes? I've been looking
> for a instructions/box/catalog storage solution along the lines of a 3-ring
> binder, but the larger boxes wouldn't fit (I only keep top and bottom). I
> was thinking maybe an artist portfolio binder, but I imagine that would get
> expensive.
Yeh, I know what you mean -- I've have drooled over some of those large
artist portfolios too.
I finally settled in on using 2-gallon ZipLoc storage bags for the larger
art -- stores a whole piece inside, or sometimes 2 bags fitted unsealed on
opposite ends for the larger ones. For the really large ones like the
monorail sets, those go whole (uncollapsed) into a clear zippered comforter
protector.
I'm sure there are better solutions but this one was affordable. :) Give
the 2-gallon ZipLoc bag thing a try maybe -- but beware that the plastic
used might not be acid-free (I haven't checked yet so I don't know). If you
buy comic-book and baseball card protectors they usually say.
--Todd
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Hate the current boxes
|
| As a general "life note to the wise": If they don't specifically TELL you that the item in question is acid-free/archival quality/whatever, IT ISN'T. And you would notice a price difference; i.e. the cheap card sheets as opposed to the UltraPRO (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.storage)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Hate the current boxes
|
| (...) each (...) the (...) What do you do with the artwork from the larger boxes? I've been looking for a instructions/box/catalog storage solution along the lines of a 3-ring binder, but the larger boxes wouldn't fit (I only keep top and bottom). (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.storage)
|
13 Messages in This Thread:
  
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
