Hi,
You should read Animanga's page and Nichibei's
page on cel preservation and how to store cels.
They both have very informative things to say.
Mylar is not good for cels because its too
impermeable to gases. Mylar though is the #1
preservation material used for paper (the
Library of Congress and Disney uses it for all
their paper sketches/documents). As the cel
lays in the plastic sleeves, fumes from the
paint need to escape that is what causes those
funny creases to occur in the plastic. Mylar
traps all the gases and can actually cause the
cel to adhere to it as if its another layer of
acetate. The best plastic to use is
polypropylene and if you seal the cels, you
should cut off a corner of the cel bag to let
the paint fumes escape.
I'm not sure how everybody else stores their
Hankens and oversized cels, but I have bought
large art profolio cases and have them standing
up with minimal weight against each cel. One of
the worst things you can do is to stack cel
books or cels on top of one another. Cel books
should be standing and better yet is to hang
them so the pages hang down. I guess you'd have
to have huge hangers to hang them in a closet to
do this.
If possible, it is better to separate the
cels from the sketches. Cels are worth more if
the sketch isn't attached plus it looks better.
I've never seen a cel stick to the plastic cel
bags so tightly that paint comes off when you
pull the cel bag away from the cel. I have seen
Mylar pull paint off to my dismay. It is
adviseable to change cel bags every couple of
years. Regarding cel scanning, you can always
place a sheet of paper against the cel when you
are scanning and then remove it as soon as you
are done if you think it helps make the cel
nicer. My scanner's inside cover is white so I
don't need to do this.
Regarding places to buy storage supplies,
here are two places:
for mylar
http://www.egerber.com/items/mylites2.htm
for cel bags
http://www.blondiesnet.com/
(this used to be known as Amercan Plas-tech)
Hope this helps,
Linda
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