Gotta question...

The other night, two of my friends and I were having a discussioin about our old magazines, and that subject came up in conversation. Then one of them mentioned using the FoodSaver on your magazines so you can preserve them (won't get bent, faded, etc.).

I was just wondering, has anybody ever done that before? Is it a good idea to do? What other ways can I preserve my mags? (Note: the ones I want to preserve are the ones I'm not going to be looking through again.)

Thanks! :D

Since magazines can be so thin, wouldnt the food saver bend some of them? I dunno.. maybe you could get them laminated instead? Or just put them in a clear notebook slip case and keep them flat?

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
Since magazines can be so thin, wouldnt the food saver bend some of them? I dunno.. maybe you could get them laminated instead? Or just put them in a clear notebook slip case and keep them flat?

For mags that use glue for the binding (a la Seventeen) instead of staplers (a la People), that shouldn't be too much of a problem. :D

I have Life and National Geographic magazines from the 60s--they are my husband's.

I also have People magazine and newspapers from when John Belushi died in 1982.

Everything is still in perfect condition. I keep them in a carton in a storage area.

For peace of mind, perhaps you can buy some heavy duty folders at Staples or Office Max...then put them in an airtight Rubbermaid container.

I wouldn't recommend the Food Saver. Experiment with magazines that you don't care about first.

Originally posted by Janice
I have Life and National Geographic magazines from the 60s--they are my husband's.

I also have People magazine and newspapers from when John Belushi died in 1982.

Everything is still in perfect condition. I keep them in a carton in a storage area.

For peace of mind, perhaps you can buy some heavy duty folders at Staples or Office Max...then put them in an airtight Rubbermaid container.

I wouldn't recommend the Food Saver. Experiment with magazines that you don't care about first.

Hmm, okay. I have two Rubbermaid boxes full of mags (I have more than 200...at least 250), but they're mostly mags I plan on getting rid of later. The majority of my mags are teen mags, with Seventeen leading the pack, but I have stapler-bound magazines, like Teen People (before they started binding their magazines with glue), that are in funny shape when I pull them out...You know what I mean? Like...you know, when you roll up a magazine and they hold a curvy shape. That's what I'm talking about. (And no, stacking them on top of each other won't help...they'll just slide right off...)

I think I'll try the heavy-duty folders first. Thanks! :D

Originally posted by Miss Vicki
Hmm, okay. I have two Rubbermaid boxes full of mags (I have more than 200...at least 250), but they're mostly mags I plan on getting rid of later. The majority of my mags are teen mags, with Seventeen leading the pack, but I have stapler-bound magazines, like Teen People (before they started binding their magazines with glue), that are in funny shape when I pull them out...You know what I mean? Like...you know, when you roll up a magazine and they hold a curvy shape. That's what I'm talking about. (And no, stacking them on top of each other won't help...they'll just slide right off...)

I think I'll try the heavy-duty folders first. Thanks! :D
make sure the folders are acid free!

I just have them in plastic bags made for comics and mags with cardboard backings.

But those vacuum sealers claim you can save photos and documents in their bags.

Originally posted by Georgia's on my Mind
make sure the folders are acid free!

:nod: Got it. Always acid-free.

Originally posted by Miss Vicki
:nod: Got it. Always acid-free. Windowpain, orange sunshine, purple haze...always acid free.:angdev: :mango :wizard: :alien:

Originally posted by Kitt
Windowpain, orange sunshine, purple haze...always acid free.:angdev: :mango :wizard: :alien:

:rofl:!!!

*feels forehead* Ya OK?