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TheDecline13TheDecline13 Posts: 990
edited January 2012 in The Porch
I have a few PJ posters in a tub for now until I get frames for em. Is this going to hurt em? Should I be worried?

As soon as I get I hang them right up, just cant spend the money on frames right now.
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  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,324
    Well if they are in the tub don't turn it on!!!! :lol:

    You should be fine. You can always roll up a thin sheet of non asitic paper when you roll up the poster to prevent scuff marks and what not.
  • BigdaBigda Posts: 469
    mine are in tubes for the same reason and they seem to be fine.
    good advice on this non astic papers. this is what i did, too.
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  • SidnumSidnum Posts: 674
    Ideally they would be stored flat, but if it's not long term, tubes are fine. But definitely not tubs. :lol:
  • snow_board_ridersnow_board_rider Posts: 943
    Get them out of the tube and store flat ASAP. The paper will start to stretch and warp and you will never get it flat again with out dry mounting. Get a portfolio or styrofoam boards to lay them flat between
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  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    shadowcast wrote:
    Well if they are in the tub don't turn it on!!!! :lol:
    :lol::lol:

    I had a few posters in tubes for over a year and recently unrolled them to store flat. They looked just fine to me but I've heard others here say that storing in tubes is a big no no.

    But maybe don't keep them in the tub, though :lol::lol:
  • TheDecline13TheDecline13 Posts: 990
    whoops..

    but if i keep them in tubs it keeps them mother fuckin clean!

    thanks I will keep them in there for a lil then
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  • LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFanLeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan Posts: 3,417
    snow_board_rider wrote:
    Get them out of the tube and store flat ASAP. The paper will start to stretch and warp and you will never get it flat again with out dry mounting. Get a portfolio or styrofoam boards to lay them flat between

    this
  • brainjambrainjam Posts: 51
    It is best not to keep them in the tubes for storage purposes for some of the reasons mentioned in this post and the ink on the posters can crack or flake depeding on humidity and temperature. You need to get mylar poster sleves. They are archival grade and will keep your posters clean and flat. I have approx 40 posters and don't have the money to frame them all so they are stored that way. All museum non displayed documents are stored using this method. I have included a link where I puchased my mylar sleves. They are not cheap, but its cheaper than framing them and worth it to preseve them. hope this helps.

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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 96,174
    TheDecline13 wrote:
    whoops..

    but if i keep them in tubs it keeps them mother fuckin clean!

    thanks I will keep them in there for a lil then

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