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Baitball Blogger

(46,720 posts) Sun Jan 5, 2014, 02:02 PM Jan 2014

What is the best way to store old magazines, that you know aren't acid free?

I have a combination of old magazines and paper that I want to put into one of those Michael hobby storage containers. What I don't know is what papers that are not acid free will do to documents that are. Do I need to put each one in plastic? Or does it matter?

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What is the best way to store old magazines, that you know aren't acid free? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 OP

Dust them with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) Xipe Totec Jan 2014 #1

I had no idea so I googled it... Chan790 Jan 2014 #2

Nice link! Thanks. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #3

opackedthemn tightly together and they lasted like new. I think air could not get to them. hollysmom Jan 2014 #4

here's something that works for newspapers. lastlib Jan 2014 #5

This is what I use for my comics, some of which are very old Nevernose Jan 2014 #6

I was going to tell him to go to his local comic store and get some mylar. TeamPooka Jan 2014 #9

Don't. You will---trust me, no matter the topic---throw them out. I just chucked "Diana" crap. WinkyDink Jan 2014 #7

Just slide them between your mattress and box spring... Tom_Foolery Jan 2014 #8

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

1. Dust them with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Jan 5, 2014, 02:15 PM

Jan 2014

Then store them in sealed plastic bags.

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

2. I had no idea so I googled it...

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Jan 5, 2014, 02:20 PM

Jan 2014

Apparently this: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/preserving_photos.html

It's too long for me to read but it was linked by a lot of archivists.

Baitball Blogger

(46,720 posts)

3. Nice link! Thanks.

Reply to Chan790 (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 5, 2014, 02:25 PM

Jan 2014

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)

4. opackedthemn tightly together and they lasted like new. I think air could not get to them.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Jan 5, 2014, 02:44 PM

Jan 2014

I just didn't have much room.

lastlib

(23,239 posts)

5. here's something that works for newspapers.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Jan 5, 2014, 06:04 PM

Jan 2014

sandwich them between two pieces of cloth (white muslin or cotton, no colors (the dyes may bleed into the paper)) and roll it all up in aluminum foil. Store them in a dark dry place that's reasonably temperature-controlled. They'll keep this way for a good long time.

I did this with copies of our city paper's editions from the Apollo 11 moon landing (1969) and unwrapped them four years ago (forty years later). They looked like hot off the press.