| If you want to keep your comic book
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| | preservation and using MicroChamber
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| collection in tiptop shape, comic book
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| | materials. You can read an in-depth
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| supplies will become part of your
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| | discussion at
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| collecting life. As soon as a magazine is
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| | Be forewarned though, You may need a
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| printed there are natural environmental
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| | moderate understanding of chemistry and
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| forces going to work to try and destroy
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| | physics to completely follow some of the
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| the ink and the paper. You have put in a
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| | discussions. But the articles will open
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| lot of time, effort and enjoyment in
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| | your eyes to what is available in the
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| acquiring all your comics. You don't want
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| | comic book industry for comic book
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| them to turn back to the dust and
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| | supplies preservation supplies these
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| elements from which they came do you? So
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| | days.
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| the proper use of comic book supplies is
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| | Now if you have a rather rare back issue
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| essential.
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| | that may well have a high dollar value,
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| Elements such as humidity, temperature,
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| | here is a process worth considering.
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| pollutants, human skin oils and even the
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| | De-acidification products are usually
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| chemicals of the printed materials
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| | used to neutralize acids in the paper
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| themselves, will start to deteriorate and
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| | prior to storage of most paper products
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| discolor your comic books from day one.
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| | of a pulp nature. This is not to be taken
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| Comic book supplies and tools that have
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| | lightly, as it is considered by most to
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| been developed over the years to help us
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| | be an extensive form of restoration. The
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| combat these natural forces are
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| | current understanding of the process is
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| de-acidification paper, polymer type
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| | that the staples are removed and the
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| storage bags, stiff backing material,
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| | sheets are submerged, film developer
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| storage boxes and desiccants
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| | style, in a bath of de-acidification
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| (dehumidification materials). Not only
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| | material. Then the entire book is rebuilt
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| will these comic book supplies protect
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| | with new staples. This process can cost
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| your comics for your own enjoyment, they
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| | around $50 per comic book, when done by a
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| will add to reinforce the future value of
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| | professional, but will restore and
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| each comic book.
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| | increase the life expectancy of your
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| Most all of these comic book supplies can
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| | comic book by many years. This process,
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| typically be located down at your local
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| | in my opinion, should only be considered
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| comic book shop. But as I have discovered
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| | for already deteriorated comics that may
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| lately, there can be a world of
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| | have a considerable future worth if
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| difference in preservation abilities
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| | restored.
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| depending on what materials are used in
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| | One final item to consider, especially if
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| the manufacture of comic book supplies.
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| | you live in a high humidity area is the
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| Quite typically what you may find
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| | use of descants as part of your comic
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| downtown will be of sufficient protective
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| | book supplies arsenal. A desiccant is a
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| quality to protect your comics for quite
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| | chemical sieve for water, and is
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| a while. Although, polybags, to put your
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| | available for industry use in small
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| comics into, are quite common and fairly
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| | packets or in buckets. For our purposes
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| cheap, Mylar bags are definitely the way
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| | an 8-oz can (that looks like you'd keep a
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| to go. They will protect for 100 years
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| | grasshopper in) can be simply put inside
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| (that may be a little overboard) as
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| | the box to absorb moisture and indicates
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| opposed to 2 or 3 years for poly.
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| | when it is full by changing from crystal
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| There has been a lot of elaborate
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| | colored to pink. These same cans can then
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| science, particularly chemistry, which
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| | be reused by baking them for 3-4 hours in
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| has gone into comic book supplies
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| | an oven at about 350 F. Each canister can
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| preservation material manufacturing the
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| | cost around $9-$10 from one supplier
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| last several years. MicroChamber material
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| | called GAYLORDMART. 1 canister per short
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| has been developed that will increase
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| | box and 2 per long box should be
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| preservation from de-acidification and
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| | sufficient. Another consideration is the
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| environmental breakdown for a vastly
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| | little packets typically found in a box
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| superior time period as opposed to
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| | of shoes. These are even more
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| typical comic book supplies materials
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| | inexpensive, but would require further
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| available today. Beware though, comic
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| | research to insure no harm would come to
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| book supplies manufactured with this new
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| | each comic book.
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| material can become quite costly. But if
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| | So as you build your valuable comic book
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| you have some serious collector's items,
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| | collection, you will want to put some
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| which you feel are worth a significant
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| | serious consideration into the comic book
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| amount of cash, isn't the investment
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| | supplies that you will need. Materials
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| worth it? It is also no secret that CGC
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| | and supplier source will become important
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| uses these comic book supplies materials
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| | variables in your overall decisions. I
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| in every comic book they grade.
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| | will have more interesting topics and
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| I have created a page at my comic book
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| | sources from time to time at my site, so
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| site, which incorporates links to some
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| | come on over and visit. You may even want
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| rather technical scientific articles on
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| | to bookmark it.
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