foam core (storing in flat file)

[FightClub12]

Hey guys, so I grabbed a flat file, and was thinking of using some acid-free foam core to put at the bottom and top of each drawer. Does anyone have any recommendation on what brand/site to use? I feel like this is far and beyond the cheapest @ $10 for 25 -- http://www.framedestination.com/mount_board/foamboard_acid_free_artcare_1_8_inch/item/MB8ATF00000000/

However, On this site http://www.redimat.com/products/supplies_mounting_board.html, for example, there seem to be 4 kinds, ranging from $71-$131 for 20 boards.



Also, if you have any overall recommendations for storing in your flat file, please let me know. Do you use poly bags, no bags, thin sheets in between, etc? ..I'm probably going to be handling them quite a bit.



I've also yet to frame anything, so if anyone has any other suggestions than Hollywoodposterframes.com, feel free to share! Or anything other than bagsunlimited for a free-standing display unit?


Thanks for all the help!!


I've read all this below.
http://www.moviepostercollectors.com/Framing_%26_Displaying_%26_Storing.html
http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/NewSite/INDEX/ARTICLES/suesframing.asp

[MoviePosterBid.com]

I actually used some pressed board sheets which you can find at any art supplies store. they are untreated and also slightly absorbant
 I place one of them on the bottom of each drawer.

for one sheets - and I was messing with them today - I have a one sheet opened flat, and then I put a plastic one sheet bag over it.. another poster, another bag. One o fthe things that bag does is help the poster flatten out nicely and not inserting the poster into the bag makes it eaier to deal with them when you want to go through them and also if they are in bags, when handling, they get damaged more easily especially with "dings"

[marklawd]

Use mylar pockets for your posters, particularly if you are going to be handling them a lot (when you are at greatest risk of tearing them). There is no better storage method when used with flat files.

Mark

[MoviePosterBid.com]

if yuplan to use Mylar bags, also use the acid free boards for that size.. they're expensive, but it's the pairing that is best

also, when loading posters into the bags, have an extra pair of hands to avoid problems

[AdamCarterJones]

So if I am correct, do you basically have a spacer between each poster, Rich?
I don't know which way to sort my posters out - put acid free paper between each one, or put a spacer of some kind between each one?
At the moment they are all lying on top of one another, but I don't like the idea of this.
Newer posters, I'm not bothered, but the older ones I am.

[Harry Caul]

I have a flat file and have three tiers of storage within:

1. Cheaper posters that I don't plan on browsing through -- Just stack them.
2. Moderate value posters that I don't plan on browsing through -- Stack them interleaved with buffered tissue paper (from a roll). 
3. For high value or posters I want to handle in the future -- Poly bags + acid-free boards, two posters per bag (front/back). 

I think we've discussed this before, but unless a poster has mold or oil/grease on it, the likelihood that it is going to damage an adjacent poster is very, very small.  More important would be that your humidity and temp doesn't get crazy high or crazy low.  Anything additional is just for piece of mind. 

[MoviePosterBid.com]

So if I am correct, do you basically have a spacer between each poster, Rich?

exactly and the plastic bag has a certain weight that adds to flattening the folded posters
I have always done it this way and over the years it has always done what I want it to

[marklawd]

I don't bother with boards. I find 100 micron mylar pockets on their own are strong enough and you can fit more posters in the plan chest drawers.

Mark

[paul waines]

I wish I had the extra space to even put the posters in pockets. I ran out of space in both my Flat files about a year back, So...

I stack one on top of the other, I don't put any in that have any kind of marks, old tape residue, or anything I don't like the look of. They are left folded in other draws. Some of the more expensive ones, i put in poster sleeves, as you can stand them all over the house to look at, and they go back as swiftly as they came out. Better than the house looking like a framers shop... 

[MoviePosterBid.com]

I don't bother with boards. I find 100 micron mylar pockets on their own are strong enough and you can fit more posters in the plan chest drawers.

Mark

that is almost true Mark. the problem without the boards is that everyone doesn't handle posters as carefully as I'm sure you do, so they create dings and the like which of course devalues the poster. For most people, I think the board acts as a last defense against improper handling and is worth it if it protects the value