Hi Liane
Don't laminate! Museum professionals would tell you to get acid free
paper and an acid free box to store them. If you have time, a trip
to the Royal WA Historical Society in Nedlands would be worthwhile and
they sell the conservation products.
Best wishes
Gail
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[dps-chat] Preserving certificates
[dps-chat] Re: Preserving certificates
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From: "Liane Satie"
Subject: [dps-chat] Preserving certificates
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 12:36:45 +0800
Hi all,
Hope you are all enjoying a lazy WA long weekend.
I've recently pulled out my grandmothers birth and marriage
certificate.
Birth cert from 1910 is not in a good way.
Marriage certificate is bigger than A3.
My thought were to at least copy these so I have them still. Easier
said
than done.
Anyhoo I've finally found a printing company that have a big enough
flatbed
scanner to scan and copy for me after about 6 places.
I certainly couldn't risk them going through rollers.
So once I've got them copied I'm wondering would laminating them
preserve
them from further deterioration or are there other ways so that I
still at
least have an intact original.
Looking forward to suggestions.
Liane
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Subject: [dps-chat] Re: Preserving certificates
From: Cathy Pinner
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 13:02:13 +0800
Liane,
I understand that laminating is the last thing you ought to do if you
want to preserve something.
There's another product and I've forgotten the name - and I think it
may
need a professional to encase things in it?
Someone here must know. I have things I should attend to as well.
Cathy
Liane Satie wrote:
certificate.
Hi all,
Hope you are all enjoying a lazy WA long weekend.
I’ve recently pulled out my grandmothers birth and marriage
enough
Birth cert from 1910 is not in a good way.
Marriage certificate is bigger than A3.
My thought were to at least copy these so I have them still. Easier
said than done.
Anyhoo I’ve finally found a printing company that have a big
flatbed scanner to scan and copy for me after about 6 places.them
I certainly couldn’t risk them going through rollers.
So once I’ve got them copied I’m wondering would laminating
preserve them from further deterioration or are there other ways so
that I still at least have an intact original.
Looking forward to suggestions.
Liane
