UV clear protection window film

[Lordstan]

What I have is a mixture of light types. I have some recessed lighting fixtures and some track lighting as well. None of it is the strip lights as they are used more for accent lighting. If you already have fixtures in place, it should be pretty easy to find LED bulbs that fit them. Also, consider separating the lights into groups and using dimmers. This will allow you to lessen the overall amount of light by either turning off or dimming lights that aren't needed. This is a good habit regardless of your light source, but is even more important with regular bulbs.
Hope that helps. If you look in my photobucket album named "Mancave" there are some photos during construction showing some of the lights.

[drcy]

Two common causes of deterioration are UV light and dust/grease/etc from the air environment. UV protectant ball cubes protect against both to these.

If you want to put UV film on the cases, feel free. Though, depending on the degree of UV protection the cubes have, it might be overkill-- but overkill won't cause any harm.

UV protectant films, glass, holders et al offer different degrees of protection. There are two kinds of UV light and the degree of protection differ. If you have something that says blocks the whole spectrum at above 97%, you're doing well. I know that some films for glass offer very high protection. That they're film doesn't mean they're flimsy in their protection.

One thing to remember is that all glass blocks some UV light, so putting something behind any type of glass gives some UV protection. Not as much as material specifically designed to block UV light, but more protection than if the item is left in the open our outside in the sunlight.

[djson1]

Thanks, guys. These are some useful pointers. I think the UV film is good for the ball in cubes that are recent signed balls. For the older more fragile/lighter sigs, I think the best thing is to just store them in boxes away from light. It sucks to have nice signatures and not be able to always display them though.

[toyman55]

I have my collection in a room with one window and I purchased blackout cloth to cover the window keeping the room dark. I use fluorescent light but think I will now go with led's

[1880nonsports]

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