Time Will Take Toll On Scrapbook, Expert Says

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PROVO -- Scrapbook hobbyists may not like what Deberah Wender has to say.

The professional book preservationist eschews cellophane tape, particularly the double stick kind, rubber cement, stickers and other popular items used to create scrapbooks for a simple reason: They don't hold up. Although clear and near invisible when applied, tape eventually discolors and loses its stickiness, while rubber cement and other glues eventually bleed through and stain the object they were supposed to preserve.

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Time Will Take Toll On Scrapbook, Expert Says

Stickers lose their tackiness over time, and in short, scrapbooks created today using popular at-home methods simply don't last, she said.

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