July 12, 2002, Newsletter Issue #99: What on Earth does that mean?
Tip of the Week
PAGE PROTECTOR
These are protective plastic sleeves which cover your scrapbook pages. They are available in a variety of sizes and can be side-loading to cover scrapbook pages that are bound or top loading which means that the protectors themselves are usually incorporated into the binding and require that the scrapbook pages be slipped into them. Polypropylene and Mylar are two of the most highly recommended plastics for protectors.
POLYESTER
A name encompassing polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene. Its characteristics include transparency, colourlessness, and strength. It used in photo preservation because it is chemically stable. Common trade names are Mylar® by DuPont and Mellinex™ by ICI.
POLYETHYLENE
A chemically stable, transparent, food safe plastic used in photographic preservation materials.
Of course the most important plastic to scrapbookers because it has to be AVOIDED is
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