Cels in cel books

Another question...

I have an Itouya cel book with a part of my collection in it. I put the cels with the plastic bag and they're in contact with the paper that separates the plastic sheets of the book. Is it recommendable to put the plastic bag on the cel or is it safe the way Im doing it?

I'd appreciate your feedback on this.

Thank you,
Bulma

Depending on how you store the book, I would recommend that you at least put a thin layer of plastic behind the cel to prevent it from sticking to the paper. Some cels are stickier than others, and if you store the book flat (and especially if you stack other books on top of it), you might find some of them stuck to the Itoya paper.

I personally store my cels inside their plastic envelopes. I've heard that this concentrates fumes that might fade the trace lines, but I haven't seen any sign of this in the cels I've collected (some of which I've had for nearly 6 years). You can slit the envelopes down a side or clip a corner (not with the cel inside!) if you're worried about this.

My ten cents, do not allow the cel paint side to come in contact with anything other than a clean cel bag. If you are concerned about fumes, cut the corners of the cel bag and push the air out as much as possible. Also try not to stack your cel folders, stand them upright like books or have them facing down with the spines on top. Works for me!

Hiya Bulma,

Cel storage is easy as long as you follow some simple rules.
First light and water are cel killers.
Lots Of handling does the sec most damage to cels.
If you use a cel book:
1: always use backing boards that do not let the page bend or warp and place one in each page of the book,The black page they come with is to soft to stop bending.
The bending and flexing is what causes line fade*note line fade is the toner powder on the cel coming off so it's not true line fade but should be called line loss.
2: Always store your cels in a cel bag inside the book,Never store your cels on top of your backgrounds unless you have the cel in a bag,this saves on scratches and hazing.
*note: Cels that were made after the late 30s early 40s do not give off the explosive gasses and therefore you do not have to put a hole in the bag if you do you will see the part closest to the hole turn yellow over time.
Cel Bags should be changed out every 4 or 5 years to keep the bag fresh and to check out your cels to see if anything is wrong and gives you a chance to check them out.
3: Drawings should be in there own cel bags and not touching the cels or other items in the book,If you can try using two books and put the cels in one and the drawings in the other one and you can make them page for page so you can look at both..
4: You should store your book out of sun and lamp light,Standing upright or hanging from a wire,Never pile them on top of each other and never overload the book this will smash your cels just like piling them on top of each other and make them stick.
5: Backgrounds should be bagged to save your cels from scratches and also to save the cel book page from scratches also.
Backgrounds have water color based paints on them for the most part and water colors have sands in them and will kill a cel in a few days of opening and closing your book.
6: Put a label on the front of your book with list of what is inside,this will save ware and tear on the cels and books and help you find stuff faster.
I'll add more if I can think of some.

I hope this helps you out some.

Roy

Roy, if you could put up a page somewhere on the Web/Internet, with all of your information on these topics (and more), I'll link it directly to the RS "Resources and Links" pages-- permanently on site, then all of this great information will be available to everyone and not just after this thread disappears, or until someone comes along to bring it up again:

Here is an example, of what I mean:

http://www.fukushuu.org/cels/faqsubsection.php?g=y&si=1

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