Aren’t most albums nowadays photo safe?
There is a great deal of misconception about this. Almost any album or storage products available in 1-hour photo shops or department stores claim to be “photo-safe” or “acid free”. The truth is that there is no literal meaning to any of these terms. Acid Free can mean that there is no Acid present at manufacture, however over time unless made to strict standards, materials will breakdown turning a once ” Acid Free ” album into a highly acidic one unsafe for storage. One of the most common factors of breakdown is the presence of Lignin in paper products. Lignin is a naturally occurring in wood, nature’s way of breaking down dead wood. Unfortunately this also works to deteriorate and acidify paper over time. Acid Free products are merely buffered to temporarily neutralize the paper. Truly archival albums are made from either archival grade plastics, cotton fibers (naturally lignin free) or processed wood pulp with their lignin content removed.
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