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  • DreamOfAngels
    DreamOfAngels Posts: 829
    my 1 and only poster from STL is still in the tube... and I didn't have air conditioning in my house for....almost 3 months after buying it... and we had really hot humid weather.... should I not look in the tube and just discard?
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    DreamOfAngels wrote:
    my 1 and only poster from STL is still in the tube... and I didn't have air conditioning in my house for....almost 3 months after buying it... and we had really hot humid weather.... should I not look in the tube and just discard?
    no, don't do that. I'm sure it will be fine. Open it up, unroll it, and check it out. It might just need to be flattened out.
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  • DeetroitBaasketball
    DeetroitBaasketball Posts: 379
    I just took out some posters that have been in their tubes for about a year - still look fine. No creases. But will look into that "science fair board" and acid free paper tomorrow.
  • HollisBrown
    HollisBrown Posts: 4,325
    For flattening

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    As long as the poster is not tightly rolled, it should be fine. I had some old 10Club posters that I left in tubes and forgot about. When I discovered them and unrolled them, they were fine.
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  • DreamOfAngels
    DreamOfAngels Posts: 829
    I'll keep my fingers crossed. I had a dream I pulled the poster out and all of the cardinal red ink was soaking through the poster to the other layers rolled up due to the humidity.

    I'm not even going to look until I can afford to get it framed...
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    DreamOfAngels wrote:
    I'll keep my fingers crossed. I had a dream I pulled the poster out and all of the cardinal red ink was soaking through the poster to the other layers rolled up due to the humidity.

    I'm not even going to look until I can afford to get it framed...
    They'll be fine. These posters are not nearly as fragile as some would have you think. I have posters that have been rolled for 6 or 7 years and they are fine. Once matted and framed you won't even be able to tell they were once stored in a tube.
  • JV130312
    JV130312 STATE OF LOVE & TRUST Posts: 2,521
    Acid Free Storage Box is a great way to store them!

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  • GB45499
    GB45499 Posts: 232
    HollisBrown wrote:
    For flattening

    SteamRoller.gif

    As long as the poster is not tightly rolled, it should be fine. I had some old 10Club posters that I left in tubes and forgot about. When I discovered them and unrolled them, they were fine.

    I'm guilty of this...I put a few of them between some acid free cardboard and loaded them with tons of books for weight. About 2 weeks went by and I thought I would check on them...all of them wanted to roll back up. Not as tight as in the tube but yeah.

    Any better/faster ways?
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    GB45499 wrote:
    HollisBrown wrote:
    For flattening

    SteamRoller.gif

    As long as the poster is not tightly rolled, it should be fine. I had some old 10Club posters that I left in tubes and forgot about. When I discovered them and unrolled them, they were fine.

    I'm guilty of this...I put a few of them between some acid free cardboard and loaded them with tons of books for weight. About 2 weeks went by and I thought I would check on them...all of them wanted to roll back up. Not as tight as in the tube but yeah.

    Any better/faster ways?
    Are you going to frame them one day? If so, they'll stay flat when they are matted and framed. You won't even be able to tell they were ever rolled.

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