Hi Jimmy_Joe,

Here's what I do:

1.  It depends on the condition of the bag.  If 
it's really nasty, I will replace the bag.  If 
it is good-to-medium quality, I'll generally 
will keep it in it's original bag.

2.  I leave the staples in just so the layers 
will all stay aligned without tape.  Sometimes I 
am actually thankful a multi-layered cel has 
staples because it can be a nightmare to keep 
everything lined up right when scanning, but of 
course I would never add staples to my cels on 
purpose.  Also, I have never seen any staples 
that have rusted so I don't think they do any 
harm.

3.  I would gently clean the cel with distilled 
water.

4.  I *always* take the cel out of the bag.  
It's just my preference to have the scan 
represent the cel as best as possible and the 
bag often interferes with that (wrinkles, 
reflections, etc).

5.  I never bag the pencil sketches and just put 
them in their own sleeve in an acid free cel 
book.  If the background comes bagged, I will 
sometimes leave it in it's bag, sometimes not.  
Just depends.  I will even leave the cel 
unbagged sometimes if it is already stuck to the 
background.

6.  If a pencil sketch is slightly stuck to a 
cel I will try to remove it immediately before 
it becomes even more stuck to the cel.

~Luna-Art >^.^<