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joeybuddy96 Posts: 5
3/8/2016
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I can't find any plastic containers (and no, plastic corrugated doesn't count) that are designed to fit comics. I figure it would be around 7.5" to 8" in interior width, 11" in interior height at minimum, and long enough to hold at least 100 comics or more. BCW's standard long boxes are 27 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 11, their graded boxes are 13" in height. The length measurement isn't relevant. The box can be shorter or longer and it would just require buying more boxes if it's too short. A 15" w x 11" h x whatever box would work too, you'd just have to insert some kind of center divider lengthwise, and that wouldn't have to be plastic. If anyone finds a box like that, seems like the company would generate a healthy revenue from the niche market.
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kds_comics Posts: 686
3/9/2016
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THIS IS JUST MY OPINION...
NOTE - If you add title dividers, 11 inches interior height is too short.
Who says corrugated plastic does not count? Picky, picky... plastic is plastic
last I investigated it.
Get yourself a file folder container and turn the comics sideways.
Or just put up with extra interior space if you buy one
that is not made for comics.
Or use BCW corrugated plastic.
Or go to a plastic manufacturer and build you own...
As I mentioned, just my opinion.
KDS
edited by kds_comics on 3/9/2016
edited by kds_comics on 3/9/2016
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kds_comics Posts: 686
3/24/2016
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Oxbladder wrote:
You will be hard pressed to find many plastic comic storage containers. They are not practical ... or necessarily "safe" for storing comics. Most plastics that would be used would off-gas vapours that are not good for the books. If you use a sealed plastic container you will also run into problems as well because, again, you would seal in gases that may eventually damage your books. While the current plastic comic boxes available are not ideal they would still be one of the best because they are already designed for comic storage and they can breath much like the cardboard storage boxes. Mind you if the environment that your books are stored in isn't good then it really doesn't matter what you store your books in.
My attempt a humor above has brought out Ox as bearer of common sense. Storing in plastic box is okay for very short term fix. there is a reason boxes are paper - out gassing. Over time acid out gassing will degrade comics. Suggest using approved - acid free - container. The are specially made for a reason.
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BburgDaddy-o Posts: 22
4/15/2016
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I'll have to go with waterproof. About 5 years ago, our basement flooded. No worries, I thought as I sloshed through inch-deep water. My collection was off the floor. Unfortunately, torrential storms were more than a pipe leading from the sump pump could handle. It burst and laid a bead on the one box holding my most valuable comics.
I lost 50 comics worth around $2,500.
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