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Reply to: #727224 by dmc and gr
Aug 31, 2012 10:53pm
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Acid free paper will yellow over time. Think of OLD newspapers.
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Reply to: #727224 by dmc and gr
Sep 1, 2012 5:45am
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Does anyone know just how 'bad' it would be

That is an interesting question. Here is what Wikipedia says about acid free.
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Reply to: #727225 by RDHG
Sep 1, 2012 6:25am
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Acid free paper will yellow over time.

That's backwards. I'm sure you know that but just wanted to make it clear. I have drawings and prints on acid free paper that are unframed that are 30 years old and there is no change in color except where oil or other substance has contacted it. If that paper had been acidic, it would be brown now.

In terms of lasting. You have to think just how long do you want the log book to last. Even acidic paper, which is the majority of the paper in note pads, will hold up for 10 years or more easily. Newsprint, which is highly acidic, turns yellow in the sun in a matter of hours, but will remain intact for several years before it begins to get brittle.

I use acid free 60-80# drawing paper when I make a log book, but that's just me.

AB
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Reply to: #727224 by dmc and gr
Sep 1, 2012 9:36am
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.just how long are we talking about..1 year? 10 years?

i have stamp impressions that are over 6 years old. The ink looks just like it did when i got them. i'm sure there are others out there that have impressions that are 14 years old.
i would worry more about the quality of ink you are using to stamp up with than the acid "free ness" of your paper.
Archival and acid free are really necessary when you are talking about valuable to you, photographs/photo albums that you might be passing down for generations.
i don't think anyone else in my immediate circle is going to want my letterboxing logbooks...just sayin'

deniserows
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Reply to: #727289 by deniserows
Sep 1, 2012 10:31am
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i don't think anyone else in my immediate circle is going to want my letterboxing logbooks...just sayin'

Exactly why I stopped wasting the time and money to scrapbook my finds. If my short people are boxing with me, I work with those mementos but I don't worry about doing anything with the ones that I just found alone. Who is going to care?
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Reply to: #727298 by Janila
Sep 1, 2012 2:31pm
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I don't know about scrapbooking, but I think it's a mark of respect to at least make an impression of the stamp you have found. Someone spent a lot of time and thought making it, hopefully to provide you with a bit of pleasure. I know no one wants my logbooks, but I enjoy looking back every so often at the ones I have found. We have some incredible artists here in Northern CA and I really admire their art. There are also some that are clearly slapdash, with no effort taken whatsoever. Those I am not so keen on and often don't take an impression. Same with store bought stamps. But if it's clear that someone put a lot of work into it, whether it's someone who has years of carving experience or only a few weeks, I'll take an impression, if for no other reason than to honor the effort and express my pleasure at the experience.
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Reply to: #727336 by Eli and Joe
Sep 1, 2012 5:35pm
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but I think it's a mark of respect to at least make an impression of the stamp you have found.

I am currently on logbook number twelve, I don't think I ever said I didn't make an impression of the stamp, just that I don't scrapbook them any longer.
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Reply to: #727289 by deniserows
Sep 1, 2012 10:45pm
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i don't think anyone else in my immediate circle is going to want my letterboxing logbooks.

Don't be so sure, those that love you most will want them, if only for the fact that they are so important to you! They will page through the memories that you've gathered just to remember.
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Reply to: #727408 by jad_juniper
Sep 2, 2012 8:16am
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i don't think anyone else in my immediate circle is going to want my letterboxing logbooks.

Don't be so sure, those that love you most will want them, if only for the fact that they are so important to you! They will page through the memories that you've gathered just to remember.

I respectfully disagree. It is a very nice thought, but unrealistic. Really they'll be flipped through once or twice, perhaps stored for a period of time out of guilt and finally will cause a cringe as they are dumped in the recycling bin, resulting in final freedom from one more object that's been held on to.

As a daughter who has lost, and subsequently had to go through all the belongings of both her parents - its overwhelming. Yes, some things I am attached to, the memories that went with something, or the usefulness of an object that I now share with may parents. But for the most part, their collections are their collections, as well as their memories. I had no interest in my mom's photo album from her trip to Israel. It was all her, I have no attachment to it nor do I have room to store it. I think it would be similar to a letterboxing logbook. While it gives me great pleasure, I have no expectation of anyone wanting mine. Its been almost 10 years since my mom passed and 3 since dad, I have a closet full of boxes that I still need to go through. And that is just me, my sisters and brothers have stuff hanging around as well.

My advice to everyone is once something no longer gives you pleasure, don't store it - find a new home for it or throw it out. Save your kids from having to do it later.

sun7flour