Maytag 100 Years of Dependability - A Heritage of Quality

[mickeyd]

Hi Mike

 

 

Who here did not drool over newspaper ads as a child and forward? These are treasures. I have a laminated newspaper article of a deceased ancestor from 1961, and it's perfect, for me, at least. I agree that lamination is the best course, esp. since we lack the funding tor the Smithsonian's paper washer

......unless of course we all chipped in.

What a great day when we can see these treasures.

 

[3beltwesty]

Most Laminating film on laminators hs no extra UV resistance. One can get a UV resistant variant; it often costs about 1.5 to 2 X higher in price. It offers about a 3 to 5X resistance in fading by UV. Your local shop for laminating may or may not know about the UV type film for heated roll type laminators. The lay general public thinks laminating adds UV resistance,and many folks who do laminating just use the regular type films.

A Laminating adds physical protection and water resistance. It really has about non extra UV resistance at all; unless a UV type film is used.

The paper itself in a newpaper of today will yellow in the sun in a few hours. In a attic in this area a newspaper turns to like cornflakes with time. The inks too fade quickly.

Sections of a newspaper can be copied on a Bond/xerox B&W on color copier and laminated even with non UV films and the result will last decades. The "toner" is robust. A red will fade in weeks in direct sunlight; the blacks will still be solid black even in 2 years of direct outside sun. Bright yellow goes to barely yellow in about 2 years.

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