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Displaying photos - UV protection
I want to display some photos and letters in frames that shows both front and back. Rather than paying a lot to have a frame created with two pieces of UV glass, would items be adequately protected from light if I buy a 2-sided view store frame that does not have UV glass, but enclose the photo in a protective sleeve?
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I believe the logic would be right as long as your sleeve was UV rated such as an Ultrapro or even a Wilson-Jones sleeve . I use both and they work well.Also I believe that they make a UV rated plastic frame also.
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Sorry forgot something... Would there be a danger of the picture eventually adhering to the sleeve not causing fading but the picture to stick to the sleeve?
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Thanks, Kevin. I wanted to display some photos that had stamping and notes on the back, along with GPC's
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I use Ultrapro UV grade sleeves for all my photos but I use Wilson Jones UV grade and acid free for all my paper items. For the GPCs I would consider the W-Js , also the W-Js can be trimmed and taped to size and still
look good when displayed/framed. Wilson -Jones sleeves/pages are at Office Depot. |
I've never heard of UV rated pages before. I am hopeful Kevin can provide a link as I can't find any pages on the office depot site that lists a UV rating. I must be missing it.
For storage, I use 4mil Mylar comic book bags. Silver age(7.5x10.5) and Current(7.25x10.5) size work well for smaller photos. I use magazine size(8.75x11.5) for larger photos. BCW brand for small ones and Mylites brand for bigger ones. Thought they are called bags, they are very stiff and supportive. I don't think these would help with UV protection. |
Will check my box of sleeves tomorrow and post info.
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Thanks.
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Decided to do it now while watching football.
There is no true link to the exact page you need but I will guide you. All the pages are under ultrapro.com but this is how to get there: 1. Go to ultrapro.com 2. Click SPORTS 3. On subject header choose pages 4. Choose the 1 pocket platinum page with 8x10 pocket and a description will appear for the product and you will see acid -free and UV protection listed. It is item #201D. These are what I use for 8x10s and have for years. Wilson Jones is now acid free but I do not see UV protection sleeves any more. I last bought the W-J about 3 years ago and bought 100 of them, so I think their product line may have changed. Hope this helps. |
Kevin, this is great information. All of my sheet protectors are acid-free, but now I'm finding that I also have a bunch of the Ultra-Pro UV-protected ones, so I'm set.
If any of you are at the Shoreline show this Fall and need 1-2 of these, stop by my table. I'll be set up in the same place as this summer, but two tables this time instead of one. |
Glad I could help you
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Kevin,
Thanks for the information. This is the brand I use. I use mylites4 for my photos. They have a great information page about storage as well. After reading it again, I realized that their Mylar sleeves block 99% of UV. I didn't know that before. http://www.egerber.com/default.asp I |
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