BCE Product Line for Mylar Sleeves, etc..

[bogglekng]

Does anyone use the BCE brand Mylar or boards? I am looking into getting some mylar for my original art prints and I was looking at the 10mil sleeves that they sell. Has any one used his stuff?

[Stronguy]

Yup -- I use their stuff and Gerber; pretty much the same thing. Check out Gerber's prices before you buy.

[CKB]

10 mil ! That's practially a wall !

 

I prefer E.Gerber but Bill Cole's products are certainly not junk. I've got no experience with mylar of that thickness, though.

 

[bogglekng]

Any thoughts on his backing board and micropaper? He puts charcoal in the boards..

[Evil Uncle]

I was interested by the 10 mil product for window bags and ordered 10 of them. Very nice product very stiff but if you want to put a board in them you have to order a few sizes larger then you would usually.

[nearmint]

His 10 mil condoms are surprisingly effective, but stay away from the lock-tops.

[mschmidt]

Any thoughts on his backing board and micropaper? He puts charcoal in the boards..

 

The BCE Thin-X-Tenders are identical to the Gerber Half-backs.

The BCE Time-X-Tenders are identical to the Gerber Full-backs.

 

The Gerber boards are about half the price, though.

 

The BCE Life-X-Tenders are the only boards with the activated charcoal that you speak of - I haven't used them myself, but I'd venture a guess that the effect is about the same as using a regular true acid-free backing board with a couple of sheets of microchamber paper.

 

The BCE Life-X-Tenders Plus (their version of microchamber paper) are absolute junk. They're 9 mil thick which causes undue stress on the staples and can damage your book.

[InvstmntComcSuply]

Any thoughts on his backing board and micropaper? He puts charcoal in the boards..

 

Coles Life-X-Tenders Plus is not microchamber paper. He provides little documentation for its effectiveness. 9 mils thick means the possibility of mechanical stress on the staples.

 

He doesn't sell the charcoal boards anymore, unless he got a new supplier.

 

In the interest of full disclosure, I sell microchamber paper and Gerber mylars. But you can also get Mylar from Hotflips and direct from Gerber.

 

 

[bogglekng]

I don't those 10mil bags with work then since I am going to want to put backing boards in them. So who makes a good box for 11x17 prints then?

[InvstmntComcSuply]

Cole still sells boards, just not the activated charcoal ones.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Anyone have a scan of a book that is boarded and in a 10mil mylar?