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Old 11-03-2015, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by steve B View Post
Oddly I'm of the opinion that encapsulation will make the problem worse. A card that's essentially loose can shed some acid to the atmosphere, an encapsulated card will be contained in an increasingly acidic environment.

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Steve,

I wondered that myself. Even if the plastic in which the card is entombed were not in and of itself harmful to the card in the long term (is the plastic used similar to mylar or acid free?), but are we essentially creating a self-feeding acid bath for the cards with the little bit of air that is also encapsulated?
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