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Mounting question
I've always detested hingeless mounts because of the way the plastic cover kills
the surface of the stamp (although I appreciate that they are excellent as far as protection goes). Some years back I started an experiment using the glue from Post It labels to mount stamps. (You just cut a square of the sticky bit and glue that to the paper, then use the Post It sticky for the stamp). I used some spare stamps and stuck them to paper in this manner, leaving them in various demanding situations (e.g. under pressure, on a well lit windowledge, on top of the CH boiler, in the fridge). At the end of this experiment (started at the beginning of 2002), I can find no evidence whatsoever of any mark on the stamp's gum from the Post It sticky. Before I actually start to mount my collection in this way, and finally get to see the stamps in their natural state, I was wondering if anyone knew of any information about the chemicals used in the Post It sticky that I should be aware of. Thanks in advance for any help. Rog |
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On Dec 7, 9:57 am, (RJ) wrote:
I've always detested hingeless mounts because of the way the plastic cover kills the surface of the stamp (although I appreciate that they are excellent as far as protection goes). Some years back I started an experiment using the glue from Post It labels to mount stamps. (You just cut a square of the sticky bit and glue that to the paper, then use the Post It sticky for the stamp). I used some spare stamps and stuck them to paper in this manner, leaving them in various demanding situations (e.g. under pressure, on a well lit windowledge, on top of the CH boiler, in the fridge). At the end of this experiment (started at the beginning of 2002), I can find no evidence whatsoever of any mark on the stamp's gum from the Post It sticky. Before I actually start to mount my collection in this way, and finally get to see the stamps in their natural state, I was wondering if anyone knew of any information about the chemicals used in the Post It sticky that I should be aware of. An interesting idea. The gum on posties is designed to be extremely non reactive and I'd agree that they seem to have been very sucessful at producing something that's just barely stick, but sticky enough. There was another thread about mounting without a plastic covering but not using hinges a while back but I can't find it on google. The poster cut down stamp mounts and just mounted stamps by their edges. I agree that the plastic covering 'kills' the surface of the stamp but I'm not sure I have the energy to remount my whole collection |
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I've wondered about this option but have not tried to experiment. I
wonder if the primary hazard is potential manufacturing changes, involving different chemistry, which could prove to be harmful to stamps. It's interesting that some of the larger stamp companies and wealtheir collectors haven't worked towards finding better mounting materials. Bob |
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"Bobstamp" wrote in message ups.com... I've wondered about this option but have not tried to experiment. I wonder if the primary hazard is potential manufacturing changes, involving different chemistry, which could prove to be harmful to stamps. It's interesting that some of the larger stamp companies and wealtheir collectors haven't worked towards finding better mounting materials. Bob I would think that one problem might be gum migration or `creeping gum'. One can even experience this with some self-adhesive stamps which use gums specially formulated for them. Douglas |
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Bobstamp wrote:
I've wondered about this option but have not tried to experiment. I wonder if the primary hazard is potential manufacturing changes, involving different chemistry, which could prove to be harmful to stamps. It's interesting that some of the larger stamp companies and wealtheir collectors haven't worked towards finding better mounting materials. I've several of the older post-its from maybe 5 years ago and several of them are pretty much drying up, at least they don't restick worth a hoot once removed from the stack and stuck onto a piece of paper. I sure wish someone would reproduce the old peelable greenies (no, not nose glue, aka mexican super glue). One company had purported to reverse engineer it (Dennis's I think it was) but no way José, those things are danged close to permanent. John |
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RJ wrote: I've always detested hingeless mounts because of the way the plastic cover kills the surface of the stamp (although I appreciate that they are excellent as far as protection goes). Rog text snipped. Ypu lost me on this one. Please explain what you mean when you say; "the plastic cover kills the surface of the stamp." Ralphael, the OLD one |
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"RJ" wrote in message ... I've always detested hingeless mounts because of the way the plastic cover kills the surface of the stamp (although I appreciate that they are excellent as far as protection goes). Agreed, however, in "The care and preservation of Philatelic Materials" the authors point out that one of the major areas of damage can be caused by friction between the interleave and the stamp face. A tough call, between appreciation and preservation. |
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This is the closest I could find, that addresses your query Acknowledgement: "The Care and Preservation of Philatelic materials" TJ Collings RF Schooley-west 1990 (remembering this is pertinent only to 1990) http://cjoint.com/data/mibKbaZjoO.htm To test for Ph One gram of material broken up (eg album leaf) suspended in 30 cubic cm of boiled distilled water for one hour Ideal Ph is between 6.0 and 8.5 Just an aside perhaps worth mentioning with a philatelic bent. Benzine: Ok for philately Benzene: highly toxic and causes blood cancer, must never be used philatelically. "RJ" wrote in message ... I've always detested hingeless mounts because of the way the plastic cover kills the surface of the stamp (although I appreciate that they are excellent as far as protection goes). Some years back I started an experiment using the glue from Post It labels to mount stamps. (You just cut a square of the sticky bit and glue that to the paper, then use the Post It sticky for the stamp). I used some spare stamps and stuck them to paper in this manner, leaving them in various demanding situations (e.g. under pressure, on a well lit windowledge, on top of the CH boiler, in the fridge). At the end of this experiment (started at the beginning of 2002), I can find no evidence whatsoever of any mark on the stamp's gum from the Post It sticky. Before I actually start to mount my collection in this way, and finally get to see the stamps in their natural state, I was wondering if anyone knew of any information about the chemicals used in the Post It sticky that I should be aware of. Thanks in advance for any help. Rog |
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My experience with postit notes is that they never leave a residue, but
I'd never thought about using them as mounts. I agree 100% about hingeless mounts killing the surface, so this week I've mounted a few pages of this years stamps using the postits (stuck to the album page with a tiny dab of PVA). I must say, they look sensational - far better than they would look in hingless mounts. Thanks a lot for taking the trouble to do those tests and passing the information on. Peter |
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Peter Cookham wrote:
My experience with postit notes is that they never leave a residue, but I'd never thought about using them as mounts. I agree 100% about hingeless mounts killing the surface, so this week I've mounted a few pages of this years stamps using the postits (stuck to the album page with a tiny dab of PVA). I must say, they look sensational - far better than they would look in hingless mounts. Thanks a lot for taking the trouble to do those tests and passing the information on. Peter Peter: I sorted through some old books of mine a couple of weeks ago. I haven't looked at some of them for over five years. In a couple of them I used postit notes (3M) for bookmarks. They were stuck to the pages, not badly, but certainly enough to remove paper fibres. I would certainly be very careful using them around stamps. John -- John Taormina The MIDDLE-AGED one To email me you must remove "notme" and "jack" |
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