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Protecting signatures on DVD cases
Larlar
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I was finally cleaning out that last unpacked box from a year-old move. You know the box. The one you just put in a closet and forget about for, well, a year. In it, among other things, were the first two signed seasons of the PA TV series DVDs.
I've always been hesitant to put them on a bookshelf with the rest of my DVDs. For any of you that have these, too, the signatures are all on the outer clear insert protector thing, both front and back, in a silver ink that seems not only water soluble but also easily prone to being rubbed or scratched off. Up until now I've just left them in boxes or drawers, wrapped in paper, but there must be at least one or two memorabilia-specific coatings or covers or sprays out there I can apply to these things to protect them from that kind of damage. Something that might hopefully permanently seal the signatures to the case.
Anybody have any suggestions?
It doesn't have to be a spray/liquid. That's just the only thing I could think of. But I also don't want/need to go as far as getting something like a glass display case for this stuff.
I've always been hesitant to put them on a bookshelf with the rest of my DVDs. For any of you that have these, too, the signatures are all on the outer clear insert protector thing, both front and back, in a silver ink that seems not only water soluble but also easily prone to being rubbed or scratched off. Up until now I've just left them in boxes or drawers, wrapped in paper, but there must be at least one or two memorabilia-specific coatings or covers or sprays out there I can apply to these things to protect them from that kind of damage. Something that might hopefully permanently seal the signatures to the case.
Anybody have any suggestions?
It doesn't have to be a spray/liquid. That's just the only thing I could think of. But I also don't want/need to go as far as getting something like a glass display case for this stuff.
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Only issue being you'd have to get it right first time or you'd pull off the sig.
Actually, stick first and then cut to size, doesn't matter if it's off square then.
http://www.letraset.com/products/2091-Protective-Sprays/3309-101-Letracote--Gloss-Coating-for-Artwork/
Edit: Be aware that I wouldn't recommend this for autographs you might want to sell someday to collectors (if you had, like, JFK's signature or something), but I bet it'd work for something you just want to keep because it's cool.
I would've posted earlier, but I completely forgot I made this thread.