I don't know anything about plastic, but, I have archived a large number of
paper items, and received advice from a couple people on the use of
plastics...
The first advice was from a seller of mylar (Bill Cole of BCE), so, I took
his advice as biased, as he wanted me to buy his mylar. The second person,
a paper collector, that I have found to be highly credible.
Bottom line... As it was explained to me...
Virtually all "clear plastic" (Plastic wrap, plastic bags) contains
chemicals that will leech out, and prolonged contact will hasten
deterioration. That's why all paper archives are wrapped in Mylar (or left
exposed to the air), and never, never, in "standard plastic" (and is
apparently a US regulatory requirement for govt archives). Knowing this, I
would caution anyone about ever using plastics in contact with anything that
they would want to keep in as good condition as possible. Personally, I
stopped using plastic bags for anything in my archives, including plastic &
metal items, immediately - perhaps I'm over-cautious because I do not know
the effect on items other than paper.
Gabe
----- Original Message -----
From: Myers, Scott V. <svmyers@s...>
To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 8:22 AM
Subject: RE: [BRHSlist] Amtrak horns, and storing models
> I don't know about which type of plastic might be better or worse, but you
> might consider tissue paper instead. As you may have noticed, many new
> rolling stock models are shipped wrapped in tissue paper. I would
certainly
> assume this paper is likely to be less reactive than most plastics.
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