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Post by fuji on Jan 8, 2015 16:15:46 GMT
I am making separate football and basketball scrapbooks for DS's varsity years. I have pictures from all the games and would like to include the articles about his games from the local daily paper and our town's weekly paper. How would you preserve the articles? I have used an archival spray in the past but wasn't impressed with it. I have two thoughts. 1) Laminate them or 2) Make photo copies of them on card stock. Laminating them would probably work better because some of the articles are wide and long (not much else to report in a small town  ). What do you think? |
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Post by stefdesign on Jan 8, 2015 18:06:20 GMT
I usually scan them, clean them up, and reformat if necessary (take looooooong single columns and putting it into two columns, or splicing together articles with page breaks). Then just print on nice paper. I'm digi, so it's easy to add long or awkward newspaper articles to a layout, just resize. However, you can certainly control the size you print the articles too, so for me, scanning is the way to go. I keep the originals in my files.
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Post by myboysnme on Jan 8, 2015 18:17:35 GMT
I always use archival mist and then mat them. Not sure why you weren't ipressed with the results - I even sprayed a newspaper from 1933 and it immediately removed the brittleness of it.
Otherwise make color copies and scrap those, and tuck the original articles between the 2 pages in a page proector.
Laminating does not keep them from turning yellow or brittle.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jan 8, 2015 20:32:03 GMT
I photocopy mine, use the copies to scrap, and store the originals.
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Post by amom23 on Jan 8, 2015 21:09:31 GMT
I always color photo copy newspaper clippings. Works just great.
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Post by vpohlman on Jan 9, 2015 0:26:33 GMT
I have a plastic container of baking soda that I dip the articles in, brush off really well, then mat. The baking soda is supposed to neutralize the acid in the paper. Our school's science teacher taught me that. It's also how our school preserved the newspapers for their time capsule. Guess we'll see how that turns out someday! Mine have held up very well.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 10, 2015 5:00:13 GMT
Laminating newsprint is probably one of the WORST things you can do because it seals the acid in and it makes the paper deteriorate faster. If you didn't like the Archival Mist, you can try mixing up a homemade acid buffering solution from club soda and Milk of Magnesia liquid. You can find the details for doing it here: Genealogy Forum
I would definitely test it on something not important before trying it on something you would hate losing. |
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Post by scrapnnana on Jan 10, 2015 18:07:56 GMT
I always color photo copy newspaper clippings. Works just great. That's what I do. The color copy preserves the look of the newsprint, but by copying onto acid-free paper, I don't have to fuss with Archival Mist. |
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jan 11, 2015 0:37:41 GMT
I have a plastic container of baking soda that I dip the articles in, brush off really well, then mat. The baking soda is supposed to neutralize the acid in the paper. Our school's science teacher taught me that. It's also how our school preserved the newspapers for their time capsule. Guess we'll see how that turns out someday! Mine have held up very well. Ooooh! Loving this idea! Cheap AND easy - two of my favorites! |
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Post by scrapaddie on Jan 12, 2015 1:28:21 GMT
I make color copies
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