poster storage

garland09
garland09 Posts: 846
edited April 2011 in Lost Dogs
What is the best and cheapest way to store posters besides framing them. I have a few I would like to get out of the tubes I received them in. Thanks for any advice.
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  • S.O.L.A.T
    S.O.L.A.T Posts: 56
    before I framed all mine i had an old 42" LCD TV box that i used with lots of cardboard inserts and tissue papers used to seperate the posters, no wear and tear but was unable to view them when i wanted.. if you want to browse them, invest on ebay in a poster/art portfolio, cheap, but effective
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Foamboard. Sandwiched between sheets of it.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
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    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
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  • Sidnum
    Sidnum Posts: 674
    Check out bagsunlimited.com. I bought two 27 x 40 hard plastic sleeve things from there years ago. Did the job for what I had. And I had a lot more than just PJ posters. I have a flat file now but I still have some other stuff still stored in one of them. I think they were somewhere around $25-$30 a piece if I remember correctly. It's been a few years since I've been on that part of the site though. I buy poly sleeve for all my vinyl there as well. The 4 mil stuff is great for vinyl.
  • dwhite76
    dwhite76 Posts: 2,801
    I went to a frame shop at my mall and they gave me a huge cardboard folder and put the posters in that seperated by Acid free craft paper. Hey it keeps them flat. Do not keep them in the tubes :D
    Some words when spoken...Can't be taken back...
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,121
    I use a science fair backboard. You open it up, lay the posters down and put an acid free sheet of craft paper in between each one - then close the two sides up. Very cheap and takes great care of the posters
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  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Keep in mind that storing long term in anything corrugated can imprint the "waves" of corrugation onto the poster paper. ...foamboard or another perfectly flat surface is a bit safer, and has a smoother surface to not be abrasive against the surface of the poster.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • alngtheway
    alngtheway Posts: 60
    at the minimum you need some sort of acid-free environment to store it. Most of my posters are stored in an acid-free archival storage box. The few that I have that are too large for that box are stored sandwiched between two acid-free pieces of foamcore. For the latter, I just bought two large pieces from americanframe years ago and kept the box they came in.

    If you want to go crazy, the best it to buy a flat file and mylar sleeves for each print. Unfortunately, that is a bit out of my price range (though considering I married an architect, I am hoping to one day get a hand-me-down flat file from an office she works for).

    You definitely don't want to be keeping it rolled in a tube for any extended period of time.
  • starmap3333
    starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    S.O.L.A.T wrote:
    before I framed all mine i had an old 42" LCD TV box that i used with lots of cardboard inserts and tissue papers used to seperate the posters, no wear and tear but was unable to view them when i wanted.. if you want to browse them, invest on ebay in a poster/art portfolio, cheap, but effective

    any suggestions as to what type of portfolio to buy? are the storage sheets "acid free"?
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    starmap3333 wrote:
    any suggestions as to what type of portfolio to buy? are the storage sheets "acid free"?


    One local boardmember /PJ poster collector who I frame alot for uses this one:
    http://www.jerrysartarama.com/discount- ... -Cases.htm

    :)
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • starmap3333
    starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    CJMST3K wrote:
    starmap3333 wrote:
    any suggestions as to what type of portfolio to buy? are the storage sheets "acid free"?


    One local boardmember /PJ poster collector who I frame alot for uses this one:
    http://www.jerrysartarama.com/discount- ... -Cases.htm

    :)

    i will check it out! thank you sir.

    edit: holy shit, 44.99 for FIVE pages? wowowowowowowoow.can you go "back to back" in these sleeves?
  • Jed
    Jed New York City Posts: 1,207
    starmap3333 wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    starmap3333 wrote:
    any suggestions as to what type of portfolio to buy? are the storage sheets "acid free"?


    One local boardmember /PJ poster collector who I frame alot for uses this one:
    http://www.jerrysartarama.com/discount- ... -Cases.htm

    :)

    i will check it out! thank you sir.

    edit: holy shit, 44.99 for FIVE pages? wowowowowowowoow.can you go "back to back" in these sleeves?

    I have to recommend these folders too. This store has coupons and sales all the time and this is by far the best protection you can get. I have two of these binders stuffed with pages and posters and I feel like I have nothing to worry about because the posters are perfectly safe.
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