mysterio Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Looking on the bright side, 9.8s can have a minor spine stress or two, so you may be ok. I've bought more than a couple 9.8s with light spine stress. I've also seen 9.6s that have none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I use top loaders for my books and I love em, of course I use magazine size for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmeta Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I tore the cover almost completely off on a Giant Size Invaders #1 that looked like a rock solid 9.4/9.6 trying to put it into a Mylar...I still use 4mil Mylars but I'm really careful now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 1 hour ago, oakman29 said: I use top loaders for my books and I love em, of course I use magazine size for everything. I use the GA size for everything and never had any problem. Mylite + fullback and into a toploader for the good stuff. The modern size toploaders are deathtraps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 8 minutes ago, mysterio said: I use the GA size for everything and never had any problem. Mylite + fullback and into a toploader for the good stuff. The modern size toploaders are deathtraps. Do books still visually "pop" if they're in Mylite + toploader like they do in Mylite alone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 1 minute ago, jcjames said: Do books still visually "pop" if they're in Mylite + toploader like they do in Mylite alone? The toploader is going to dull that pop of color a little bit, but for storage it doesn't bother me in the slightest. If I want to look at a book it is easy to slide them out of a GA toploader. For box storage of better books this is my favorite solution by far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Quick question for the original poster: can you assemble a long box? 01TheDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_Couch_Surfer Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 1 minute ago, BlowUpTheMoon said: Quick question for the original poster: can you assemble a long box? Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy_McShillihan Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Ovrclck said: Ouch. dbl ouch Edited February 25, 2017 by Paddy_McShillihan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 8 hours ago, Ovrclck said: Ouch. Hey, not everybody can... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 On 2017-02-23 at 10:15 PM, Ovrclck said: I didn't eat much for lunch and decided to grab a beer. Years ago I stuck a piece of tape on a higher grade ASM #129 because I thought it was fun to handle raw books while drinking a gin and tonic. Not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_Couch_Surfer Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 15 hours ago, VintageComics said: Years ago I stuck a piece of tape on a higher grade ASM #129 because I thought it was fun to handle raw books while drinking a gin and tonic. Not so much. Yikes, did it cause any color tare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 16 minutes ago, Ovrclck said: Yikes, did it cause any color tare? Yup. A fabulous tape pull smack in the center of the front cover. It was about an inch long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
