HELP!! Storing Collector Edition Guides

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by HIPPEEDUDE

Personally,any guides i want to keep pristine i either have still sealed or i plastic baggy them. I then store them all flat,i dont stand them on their ends like normal people as over time this leads to the shelf wear or spine damage problem. your worried about They take up a little more shelf space but,i know i could leave them like that for 20 years & they will still be all nicey nice

Not to be nitpicky but I'm fairly sure if you lay CE guides on top of each for 20 years the weight alone would be enough to cause damage

How many do you put on top of each other?

[HIPPEEDUDE]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Not to be nitpicky but I'm fairly sure if you lay CE guides on top of each for 20 years the weight alone would be enough to cause damage

How many do you put on top of each other?

Usually 5 or 6,the heavier/thicker ones on the bottom. Trying to think how they would damage over time,i mean its laying flat with a small amount of weight upon it. Surely its not really able to compress the book any further than it is unless its an imense amount of weight or pressure

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by HIPPEEDUDE

Usually 5 or 6,the heavier/thicker ones on the bottom. Trying to think how they would damage over time,i mean its laying flat with a small amount of weight upon it. Surely its not really able to compress the book any further than it is unless its an imense amount of weight or pressure

Uh small amount of weight?

Average weight for a CE guide is around 3 lbs or so

5 or 6 would be 15 - 18 pounds laid on something for an extended period of time

That is how I store guides when I don't display them but I fully realize it would likely cause some damage to the spine after time

If you do it right I suppose and have boxes large enough that you can lay them on top of each other while keeping the spines out of the way if that makes sense

I suppose I don't know for sure it would cause damage but it seems fairly likely to me

The main reason shelf wear happens is gravity over time mostly, weight over time

Fully expect same principle to apply to those in boxes