![]() “Shoeboxes are not a good option for storing photographs. Dust, dirt and oil can cause harm to the negatives, so make sure your hands are clean and dry when touching them, hold them by the edges and store them in polyethylene sleeves.Īnd what about the old shoebox as a storage case?Īccording to Cathi Nelson, CEO and founder of the Association of Professional Photo Organizers, think again. ![]() Properly storing them means handling them with extreme care, as they are already very fragile and delicate. They aren’t easy to sort, or even see, but they do hold tremendous personal value to people as they remain one of the few pathways to re-creating and producing old family photographs. Most households had a box (or boxes) full of negatives that were impossible to tell apart but deemed too important to get rid of. It wasn’t that long ago when developing photographs meant dropping them off at a film-processing center then waiting a few days and getting your photos along with the original film negatives. Tall piles add pressure on the discs near the bottom and can lead to cracking or other deformities. (Heat and humidity will cause faster deterioration to the data side of the disc.)Īvoid putting labels on your discs, and if you write on a blank disc used for copying, make sure to use soft water or alcohol-based markers - no pens, pencils, or fine-tip markers.Īnd don’t pile heavy CD books on top of each other. Store CDs and DVDs vertically and keep them in a cool, dry place with clean air if possible. So be mindful of treating each side with care and take pains to hold discs by the edges to avoid scratching and sullying the data. It’s actually the label side that is more delicate and easy to damage - damage on that side can impair how the disc plays just as much as damage to the clear underside of the disc. When it comes to CDs, damage to either side of a CD or DVD (the shiny “read” side or the aluminized “label” side) can occur if any dirt, fingerprints, or scratches get on the disc and interfere with the laser being able to read the disc’s data. ![]() CDs and DVDs are quite vulnerable if not cared for - and even if they remain encased, they can still be susceptible to decay. Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away, people believed that CD and DVD technology would be indestructible and that your disc collection could not only survive a lifetime but continue to play perfectly.īut anyone with a CD book full of chipped, scratched and faded CDs knows reality has fallen short of that promise.
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