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How to protect and preserve Disney pins?

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Will placing a pin on a Disney Backer Card that is Plastic & Felt/Velvet middle, then wrapping it in Bubble Wrap help protect the pins from any metal corrosion, etc.? I'm a beginner pin collector..

thanks in advance for any advice/help
 
Metal corrosion occurs when the metal is exposed to the damp outside world. also you will notice oxygen can corrode over time as well.

Protecting pins from the elements is the best way to go. Keeping the pin put away in padding will prevent scratches, bumps, paint chips, and posts getting bent.

I really cant give advice on total protection from the elements. but keeping them put away will protect them from normal wear and tear.

Wearing pins on lanyards, touching them with dirty or oily fingers, pulling them in and out of book pages all can cause post fatigue, acid/oil corrosion, and chipping.
 
thank you for the info.. for those who also protect / store there pins from building metal corrosion, etc. have any advice would be greatly appreciated .. thank you
 
So admittedly, I'm new and don't have a vast collection of pins, but the ones that I do have are very dear to me, and I consider myself lucky to have many pins that people here consider their Grails, so I do my very best to respect and care for my pins however I can.

HAVING SAID THAT: I use glass-front shadowboxes. Mine are about 2.5"-3" deep and have a sealed glass front. (I alter, customize and decorate my own shadowboxes.) I throw away the particle-board backing of the shadowbox and make my own out of heavy card stock, a thin layer of quilt batting or felt and then a layer of quality scrapbooking paper for background. The Mickey pinbacks easily fit on the back, keeping both pin and original backing in place.

I love my shadowboxes. They're hanging on my wall and they're great conversation starters. I know my pins are protected behind glass from fingers, spills, broken pinbacks, or simply getting lost in the shuffle.

... This was a rant, I'm sorry. But I'm very interested in how people are displaying and protecting their collection, so I wanted to share my two cents. :)
 
outside of metal, if the pin has ink printing on it, you will want to protect it from scratching by keeping it in plastic (if in a book) or in a frame where it isn't overlapping another pin. I've had pins marked with ink for dates get damaged in books.
also, pay attention to if the pin might be light sensitive. on metal, you say, but I've had some pins "yellow" over time. An example is this one:
Pin 35044: DLRP - Christmas Ornament (Stitch)
 
oh boy. i'm naughty. i keep them om books on pages with buffers between but i play with them all the tiime....oh well, they look mint to me. i dont expose them to light but i am not sure how much that can do??
 
Mu biggest concern with cork board.. being in california, is earthquakes. Most corkboard frames are not very strong, so even if you nail them to the wall, the frame can break under the weight of a full board of pins. Especially during an earthquake.

Rather than corkboard, I would try our Canvas, like they use for paintings.Someone else on here mentioned it and i have been considering trying it out for my pixie hollow pins. Typical canvas has a 1/2 to 1 inch deep wood frame on the backside, leaving room for pin backs on the posts. It typically comes in a light cream or white if i am not mistaken. You can cover it in a color or print fabric. And the frame is stronger than the cork board. You can hang it just like a picture frame. My only concern with it would be lack of cover or glass front.
 
Psycho Pixie said:
Mu biggest concern with cork board.. being in california, is earthquakes. Most corkboard frames are not very strong, so even if you nail them to the wall, the frame can break under the weight of a full board of pins. Especially during an earthquake.

Rather than corkboard, I would try our Canvas, like they use for paintings.Someone else on here mentioned it and i have been considering trying it out for my pixie hollow pins. Typical canvas has a 1/2 to 1 inch deep wood frame on the backside, leaving room for pin backs on the posts. It typically comes in a light cream or white if i am not mistaken. You can cover it in a color or print fabric. And the frame is stronger than the cork board. You can hang it just like a picture frame. My only concern with it would be lack of cover or glass front.
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I keep my pins on both cork boards and canvas. I don't live in California, so I am not worried about earthquakes (we get an earthquake maybe every few years in MD but they never cause damage). I think both work fine. Canvases do tend to be stronger than corkboards. I usually just paint over my canvas before I put pins on them. If you are buying pre-stretched canvas, its usually always white. However, if you make it yourself, its usually an off white (i.e. stretch your own canvas).
 
If you keep your pins on a cork board or a canvas, how can you protect them from oxygen exposure which was said to cause metal corrosion :( Honestly, all of my keepers I wear, so I don't really need to display those pins on my wall since I do so on my clothes anyways. I wouldn't mind keeping them in a bags in a drawer away from all the elements and light. Is that what I should do then for at least those? Keep them in fairly tight plastic bags individually and in a dark drawer or should I somehow work with a pin book...
 
kupo1121 said:
If you keep your pins on a cork board or a canvas, how can you protect them from oxygen exposure which was said to cause metal corrosion :( Honestly, all of my keepers I wear, so I don't really need to display those pins on my wall since I do so on my clothes anyways. I wouldn't mind keeping them in a bags in a drawer away from all the elements and light. Is that what I should do then for at least those? Keep them in fairly tight plastic bags individually and in a dark drawer or should I somehow work with a pin book...
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Well I own my pins for me. I would much rather get to look at my pins than keep them hidden in a drawer. The easiest way to display them and keep them safe would be in a frame.
 
hollywoodK said:
Will placing a pin on a Disney Backer Card that is Plastic & Felt/Velvet middle, then wrapping it in Bubble Wrap help protect the pins from any metal corrosion, etc.? I'm a beginner pin collector..

thanks in advance for any advice/help
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Yes it will. And for the pins I have without the backing card I've put in trading card sleeves and I am planning on buying a folder for them. I also have a pin bag as well :)
 
shooting4ownhand said:
Well I own my pins for me. I would much rather get to look at my pins than keep them hidden in a drawer. The easiest way to display them and keep them safe would be in a frame.
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For pins that you want to touch or use on a fairly common basis (maybe let's say once or twice a month) a frame would be a hassle to remove everyday. How would you recommend I keep them?
 
kupo1121 said:
For pins that you want to touch or use on a fairly common basis (maybe let's say once or twice a month) a frame would be a hassle to remove everyday. How would you recommend I keep them?
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I recommend only displaying the pins you are going to keep in frames/on display. If the pin is a trader, I recommend putting it in a pin bag.
 
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