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Roo_Phillip

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    drbanner's Raw High Grade Bronze/Silver Age DCs and Marvels (Recap Page 1)

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    On 2/18/2024 at 5:50 AM, drbanner said:

    Shoot, the whole day? Saw some stuff was rained out there yesterday but was hoping for a break today. :mad:

    Morning #DAYTONA500 8am Update: Rain (heavy at times) will continue through the day then become more broken this evening through the rest of the night w/ lgt rain/drizzle. Odds of Racing 0-5% Monday: Lingering AM shower but main dry OOR 90%

    :p

    Did Comic Care change the size of their polyethylene SA sleeves?

    in Comics General

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    On 1/3/2024 at 12:07 PM, Pontoon said:

    Pretty sure HotFlips supplies are manufactured for HotFlips, excepting the Gerber supplies they carry.

    I was always under the impression that ComiCare was part of Diamond's comic supply arm.

    https://www.diamondcomics.com/Article/32601-ComiCare-Comics-Manga-Boxes-Still-Available

     

    Thanks, I just checked his site and didn't see that brand.  It was a while ago.  Sorry about the false tag Hotflips :tonofbricks:

    Thanks for the other info too (thumbsu

     

    Did Comic Care change the size of their polyethylene SA sleeves?

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    On 1/3/2024 at 8:23 AM, Turnando said:

    I am having the same problem ComicCare current size ComicCovers.

    I have some backing boards that were working fine in my old UltraPro current size bags until I ran out and started trying to use these ComicCare bags. They are a tiny bit narrower than my old bags.

    The ComicCare bags are too snug. I have to trim off a millimeter of the width of a board to get the board into the bag. The bags and boards have an actual width of 7".  I can jam a board in there untrimmed but it is so tight that it warps a bit and stretches the bag and it is too tight to jam a book in there with the board.

    I don't know what brand my boards are.  Maybe I should not have expected any "current size" bag to fit any "current size" board. 

    I'll have to do that to make these work, but that leaves an uncomfortable lack of board overlap.  :(

    Did Comic Care change the size of their polyethylene SA sleeves?

    in Comics General

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    On 1/3/2024 at 8:23 AM, Kramerica said:

    Yeah, I found this out about a year ago but it was through BCW. The SA bags are 7" 1/8 and do not work at all with their 7" SA Boards. You literally have to damage your book getting it in it is so tight. I don't know what happened. I had to start ordering the "Regular/Silver" BCW bags which are 7" 1/4 to make things work. I found 4 bags of 100 on Amazon that came out to about 7.50 per hundred but it was an ordeal as we had ordered 2000 Bags and Boards which didn't fit. Anyway, here is the combo you need:

    https://www.amazon.com/BCW-RESEALABLE-Silver-Backer-Boards/dp/B07GVZH46B/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2TKHO3CWSP1R&keywords=silver+age+comic+book+bags+and+boards&qid=1704298861&sprefix=silver+age+%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-8

    Thanks for that. 

    I edited the title of the post, I meant POLYETHYLENE, not polypropylene.  :tonofbricks: 

    I prefer the ethylene for my PC.  And those self-sealing bags are the devil to me--I'm a klutz and have accidently snagged too many comics with them!  Any idea of a polyethylene equivalent?

    1000 Books in 2024

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    On 1/2/2024 at 10:12 PM, rlextherobot said:

    Day 2, and feelin good! Its a bronze bonanza!

    4. Fantastic Four #133 (Fradon inked by Sinnot???)

    5. Amazing Spider-Man #237

    6. Phantom Stranger #12

    Thanks for that, I never knew Ramona Fradon did any work for Marvel!  (thumbsu

    Did Comic Care change the size of their polyethylene SA sleeves?

    in Comics General

    Posted · Edited by Roo_Phillip

    I just got a new pack of Comic Care polyethylene SA sleeves. I've used these for years and really like them. The package says the sleeves measure 7 1/8" x 10 1/2". I tried bagging and boarding a pile of BA and SA books and they're way too tight. WTH? So I pulled out a sleeve from last year's package and found the new SA sleeves are 1/8" narrower. The size of the boards has not changed from the last package I bought, only the sleeves.  First pic shows a narrow new sleeve over the old one, second pic shows the older style sleeve is clearly  7 1/4", not 7 1/8" wide.

    Does anyone have an older pack of comic Care SA polyethylene sleeves? If so, can you check the measurements stated on the package? Is the width 7 1/8" or 7 1/4"? There's no way these are supposed to fit. It's difficult to slide the board into the empty sleeve, let alone a comic and a board both. And a thicker book would be out of the question. What gives?  

    I've tried to find a website for Comic Care to inquire further but no luck. Does anyone know if they have one? Thanks for any insights on this.  :foryou:

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