Home Depot Mickeys

[bskts4bj]

Has anyone used these in their scrapbooks? Are they safe??? What did you use them for?

TIA!
Brenda

 

[ToDisney]

I see that lots of people use them... but I wonder the same thing... are they safe????

 

[nicki dahling]

I have some , but I plan to use them as id's for our disney cruise luggage and badges . I'm not sure that they are in less safer than some of the other stuff we put in scrapbbooks . If this is a big concern I would put on buffered paper or spray with archival mist .

 

[Ratpack]

I plan on using them in our scrapbook, just not in contact with any of our photos.

 

[bskts4bj]

as long as they don't touch a photo it should be safe right? So maybe if I used them as page corners they'd be ok? Can someone explain archival spray? I'm new to all this & don't want to mess it up!

TIA!
Brenda

 

[jlp651]

ok why couldnt they be used with photos?
Sorry new to scrapping...

 

[nicki dahling]

I am not sure how good I will be at answering this , but since I mentioned the archival mist I will try . It is a spray that you can put on memorabalia that you may consider not photo safe or acid free . My understanding is that it nuetralizes the harmful stuff . Does that make sense ? As far as the paint chips ., I am not sure if they have acid in them , so the "safe" thing to do would be not use them on pages with your pictures . Now me personally , I am not sure this is any less safe than some of the "medal" stuff we add to our albums . Frankly , I doubt my albums will disintegrate before a very long , long, time . ( just my opinion ).

 

[beansmom]

I read on a board recently that these chips are very acidic. I am using some but not anywhere near my photos.

 

[bskts4bj]

So are you saying that you wouldn't put them on a page with photos or would you do so, but keep them how far away from the photos?

 

[beansmom]

It's my understanding that as long as they don't touch the photos, it's ok. Of course, some people are totally fanatical about acid/lignin free but I'm not.

I just want my albums to last until I'm senile...after that, they can go in the trash as far as I care.

 

[Spinning]

I have some too. My LSS owner actually gave them to me. I think part of the problem could be if the acid leeches into the paper and then spreads to other pictures on the page. I guess you could prevent this by matting it or spraying it. I plan to use them I think on a page that is all memorbilia. Not sure yet.

 

[beansmom]

I usually mat my photos so that shouldn't be a problem...perhaps an extra precaution would be to mount the mickeys on another piece of paper for extra 'cushion'.

 

[Cinderella1001]

New to this board....but what if you laminated them and then used them? Would this work or not?

 

[BevS97]

if you laminated them they would be fine.

 

[Beanie]

I plan on using the ones I have as well, but I have also laminated mine first...I am surprised at how easy them come off the white paper!

Nicki Dahling...what a great idea for luggage tags!!