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Topic: Plastic Containers vs Cardboard Containers !
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Melvin England
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 707
From: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Feb 2016
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posted October 11, 2016 01:38 PM
I am in a dilemma as to whether to ditch my plastic film containers in favour of the cardboard ones. What is your opinion?
Certainly plastic containers are MUCH stronger, more robust and must last longer. They are,however,much thicker,a bit cumbersome and much heavier than the cardboard ones which, when one has quite a few films, can be a strain on the shelving.
Cardboard ones,however, are lighter,cheaper, are made of very good quality cardboard (at least the ones from CHC are),more can be stored on the same shelf space and can be written on far easier. Okay, I agree that they can get damaged easier, but, hey... we are collectors..... we look after our things..... we don't allow them to get damaged and, at the end of the day.......they do the job!
Your responses please Ladies and Gentlemen......
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted October 11, 2016 03:04 PM
Well Melvin, i always toy with which one is best, films stored in good quality plastic cans appear,(for us), to be less prone to any mould, where as card boxes, though preferred, (again by us), appear to attract any moisture. Our problem is that we have a dedicated room in the lower ground, well, its lower ground at the front but ground level at the rear if you get my meaning, so while i constantly clean the room, air it with the door wide open and in the winter it is centrally heated. four times i year a take all the films off the shelf's and wipe them over with a cotton cloth to keep any yuck at bay.
If we look at some of the card boxes, (the ones i have not covered in any clear plastic), some of them have that mould ring on them and then i have to replace them.
Some of the films boxes i have covered in plastic now have some wrinkles which has peed me off no end as they look so good when there done.
So, if i could get a plastic replacement for all my reels i think i would, but i agree the card ones are lighter and we can get a lot more on the shelf. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
over 35 years of collecting this mould thing has only reared its head in the last 3/5 years & only very little, since the twat next door changed his open garage to a large living room. Not sure how that would effect us but it appears to have done so in a minor way in this room. Some of our expensive features are now in my bedroom cupboard for extra protection.
No i dont take them to bed. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Joe Caruso
Film God
Posts: 4105
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted October 12, 2016 12:32 PM
Experimenting with baking soda for VS, I have found that cardboard is the better alternative than metal, as the tin alloys eventually start to 'invade' the celluloid causing a slow deterioration - 99% of my collection are either in the original light-cardboard boxes or white boxes, as most-provided by Steve Osborne - Always maintain a moderate temperature from 69-72, and never wind the film tightly - This I feel accelerates any smell - Of course, this is only my pedestrian approach to the situation - There are collectors who have films on metal cans/reels all the while with no difficulty, and that goes for 16mm collectors as well - It depends on what you do as an individual to maintain your items, same with emphrema, toys and recordings - Though I've never heard of any paper, toy or record with VS - It is simply age and storage - Shorty
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