Best idea ever ??? Clear backing boards !!! 1 1

[TheAvenger80]

I don't know if anyone has thought of this, but why doesn't someone make clear backing boards, out of mylar or whatever!?!? That would be totally sweet !!!

[Mac Man]

My guess is they'd be a little more expensive than the acid-free cardboard ones. But it would be nice though, eh?

[THE_BEYONDER]

Someone already makes them. Can't remember who though...

[bronzilla]

Have to be rather thick, or you run the risk of slicing your comics placing them in the bag.

[G.A.tor]

one of the main purposes of a backer board, other than support for the comic, is as an acid buffer (absorb from the comics)...you won't get that with a clear mylar etc, but you need the buffered "cardboard"...something that is hygroscopic and will absorb acids released over time from the pulp/comic

[gcstomp]

hygroscopic

 

Made me take out my dictionary. Who says this board isn't educational?

[MutantKeys]

I've seen really thick clear boards once,but I cant remember what they are called

[THE_BEYONDER]

I've seen really thick clear boards once,but I cant remember what they are called

 

I thought a fellow forum member was selling them last year....

[Monkeyman]

You might as well just build them right into the bag.

 

Mike

[HOTFLIPS]

Imagine what a 4mil archive cost, whick is not sturdy enough by itself to support a comic book, then multiply that at least 10 times so you have a sturdy mylar. its just not cost effective i guess.

[OldGuy]

its just not cost effective i guess.

 

I've never known that to stop comic book collectors.

[The Troll King]

I don't know if anyone has thought of this, but why doesn't someone make clear backing boards, out of mylar or whatever!?!? That would be totally sweet !!!

 

Isn't this called panes of glass?

[MutantKeys]

I've seen really thick clear boards once,but I cant remember what they are called

 

I thought a fellow forum member was selling them last year....

I think so...

[THE_BEYONDER]

I don't know if anyone has thought of this, but why doesn't someone make clear backing boards, out of mylar or whatever!?!? That would be totally sweet !!!

 

Isn't this called panes of glass?

 

 

 

[alecholland]

I'm looking for panels of acrylic glass required for the construction of water tanks with a thickness suitable for containing two humpback whales and several tons of water. I would be willing to share my chemical formula for making transparent acid free cardboard backing if anyone is interested.

[HOTFLIPS]

its just not cost effective i guess.

 

I've never known that to stop comic book collectors.

 

If Gerber made them, id carry them.

[HOTFLIPS]

I'm looking for panels of acrylic glass required for the construction of water tanks with a thickness suitable for containing two humpback whales and several tons of water. I would be willing to share my chemical formula for making transparent acid free cardboard backing if anyone is interested.

 

 

 

, We do have an acrylic fabrication business. Let me know the size,

[Subliminal]

How about putting the backing board in the middle of the book...

 

 

[TheAvenger80]

How about putting the backing board in the middle of the book...

 

 

I think that could be disastrous. Haha. Welp, guess there are several reasons they aren't really out there. I mean I don't think a board would HAVE to be gyroscopic, just as long as it obviously doesn't ADD any contaminants to your book. I guess the main reason is cost... ?

[bobpfef]

I've seen them before. The guy at North Coast had some of his nicer books with them at the last Chicago show I went to. They were VERY thick and he said they were pretty pricey, but it was nice because you could get a good look at the book without have to pull them out of the mylar.