Balloon in Scrapbook - WARNING!

[FantasticDisFamily]

A week or two ago someone on here was asking about putting a latex type balloon in a scrapbook.

If you do BE CAREFUL! Definitely put it in a memorabilia holder and separate it from the facing page with a page protector.

Yesterday I was helping Dad sort through more of Mom's stuff. We found several bins of photo albums and scrapbooks (the old kind where it is memorabilia taped to paper pages) that we didn't know existed. Wonderful find but as we paged through a little we found two pages just stuck together. So very carefully I started to pry them apart (Sue R thanks for the dental floss idea!). There was (or should say had been) an orange balloon taped to one page that had deteriorated and in the process it got sticky, "glued" the two pages together, and now parts of it were so brittle that they were sharp as fine glass!

This was a book done in the early 50's so I can't honestly tell you if the balloon was rubber or latex. Either way I'd be really, really careful. Unfortunately that facing page is nearly destroyed.

Deb

 

[WDWMom]

Deb,

Glad my tip came in handy at the right time, but sorry to hear you lost some memories. I hope you are enjoy this time with your Dad. I am sure it is bittersweet, but it is time with him anyway.

 

[JudithM]

Deb, I'm the one who asked about balloons in the scrapbook. Cinderella & Prince Charming sent us Happy Anniversary balloons for our anniversary at WDW last month. The HP balloons still have air in them! After reading your observations, maybe I should just take a close-up photo of the words on the balloons. I am sorry to read some of your items were destroyed.

Thanks for the dental floss idea. Yesterday I found a box of old photos of my husband as a child. One group of photos are stuck together. I put them aside to try soem undo on them. I'll keep in mind the dental floss, too!

 

[TN Traveler]

Thanks for the tips on the balloons. My middle daughter rec'd an
"end of the line" balloon from Cruella D Ville and youngest daughter got one from Queen of Hearts. I hoped to put them in their albums but now thinking I won't. I might put them in a box tho or as one suggested take a pix of it. Not sure......can't read Cruella's very well b/c it was a deep purple and she wrote w/a black Sharpie. HMMMM. Maybe if I trim it up and then put it between page protectors?
Suggestions?

 

[FantasticDisFamily]

I would think if it is in a memorabilia pocket and definitely behind a page protector that should be ok.

Remember this scrapbook was at least 50 years old and of the type before we knew about protectors, acid free, etc.

Just passing along what can happen if left in contact with surrounding items!
Deb