Countless hours of time, effort and precious memories go into your scrapbooking pages. Protecting your pages is one of the most important things to remember. There are many different ways to protect your scrapbook pages.
A major destroyer of scrapbook pages is acid. Acid is commonly found in adhesives and on your hands. Acids weaken the cellulose in paper, which leads to its break down, causing discoloration and disintegration.
One way to protect against this is to use acid neutralizing wipes. Acid neutralizing wipes are specially formulated to inhibit acid production and keep ph balances at an acid-free level for up to 2 hours. Use these wipes on your hands and supplies such as scissors, punches, glue sticks, markers, die cuts, pens and more.
Another way to protect your scrapbook pages is with page protectors. Page protectors are acid-free plastic sheets that display and protect pages. With scrapbook page protectors you can protect your precious pictures in the albums or a personal diary.
Page protectors are acid-free and archival safe for all your photos, journals, records and family history memorabilia. They come in several different full sheet sizes as well as a Gallery style photo page protector.
All of them fit a standard three ring binder. Special page protectors for three-dimensional pages are also available. These protection pages not only protect your objects but also reduce indentations caused by three-dimensional objects.
You can also protect your scrapbook pages if you remember to use lignin free and acid free scrapbook paper. Using lignin free and acid free products is perhaps the most important way to protect your scrapbook.
Lignin free and acid free protects will reduce yellowing and crumbling. Also, use colored paper or ink that is resistant to fading due to age, exposure to light, heat and other unfavorable conditions.
Last, but not least, make sure any other materials you are using on your scrapbook pages are acid-free.
This includes charms, eyelets, brads, fibers, raffia, buttons, ribbon and fabric. If your materials and embellishments aren’t acid-free, they can cause page deterioration and discoloration of the paper.
