I enjoy having my collection in albums. I call them plastics, but I don't know what people normally call them.
I thought I was doing good back in the day (the 90's) to get Ultra Pro brand, but now I'm having some issues. For one, many of my sheets don't seem to be crystal clear anymore. They have some light spots like from dust or like what you'd see on a glass with water spots. This could be due to me messing around with my cards so much when I was younger - constantly turning pages and reorganizing my collection. But the bigger problem is the large number of plastics I have where the sheets get cloudy! Many of my sheets I've thrown out now because they were so cloudy. What is odd is that it seems to have affected the Ultra Pro sheets with the gold sticker more than the ones with the silver sticker. And I think the latter is the older.
I've noticed with a lot of my cards that the plastic sheet kinda sticks to the cards. Easy enough to pull apart without damaging the card, but with some of the foil-type cards this leaves a cloudy residue. Almost my entire 1994 Score Gold Zone set is cloudy. They can be cleaned, but it's tedious work and obviously the cards can easily be damaged.
I have a feeling that this is probably my fault because I live in the South and I have my cards in a room that has no heat or A/C. But then I've also received cards through buying and trades that have this same cloudy effect. Perhaps the cards themselves just won't hold up well to time?
Not sure what I'm looking for here, but here are some ideas:
1. Has anyone experienced any of the things I describe above?
2. Do plastics need to be replaced after awhile, or did I likely cause the harm by not having them in a temp-controlled environment?
3. Is Ultra-Pro the best brand?
4. How do I get the best price on replacement plastics?
5. How/where do you store albums that you enjoy looking through?
Thanks!
I thought I was doing good back in the day (the 90's) to get Ultra Pro brand, but now I'm having some issues. For one, many of my sheets don't seem to be crystal clear anymore. They have some light spots like from dust or like what you'd see on a glass with water spots. This could be due to me messing around with my cards so much when I was younger - constantly turning pages and reorganizing my collection. But the bigger problem is the large number of plastics I have where the sheets get cloudy! Many of my sheets I've thrown out now because they were so cloudy. What is odd is that it seems to have affected the Ultra Pro sheets with the gold sticker more than the ones with the silver sticker. And I think the latter is the older.
I've noticed with a lot of my cards that the plastic sheet kinda sticks to the cards. Easy enough to pull apart without damaging the card, but with some of the foil-type cards this leaves a cloudy residue. Almost my entire 1994 Score Gold Zone set is cloudy. They can be cleaned, but it's tedious work and obviously the cards can easily be damaged.
I have a feeling that this is probably my fault because I live in the South and I have my cards in a room that has no heat or A/C. But then I've also received cards through buying and trades that have this same cloudy effect. Perhaps the cards themselves just won't hold up well to time?
Not sure what I'm looking for here, but here are some ideas:
1. Has anyone experienced any of the things I describe above?
2. Do plastics need to be replaced after awhile, or did I likely cause the harm by not having them in a temp-controlled environment?
3. Is Ultra-Pro the best brand?
4. How do I get the best price on replacement plastics?
5. How/where do you store albums that you enjoy looking through?
Thanks!