What does archival-safe, photo-safe, acid, and lignin free mean?
Remembered Moments is committed to preserving today’s memories for tomorrow’s generation and uses all archival and photo safe materials when creating memory albums. Archival safe and photo safe means the items are free from chemicals that speed the deterioration process. This means that all items are free from acid, lignin, and PVC. Materials like newspaper clippings, ticket stubs, greeting cards and other wood-based products are not safe to be near your photos or even in the same page protector. Non-archival materials emit a chemical compound that will speed up the deterioration process. Non-archival materials can still be used but an additional de-acidification process will need to be used. So what does all that mean? Acid free and Lignin Free: Acid free paper has a pH of 7.0 meaning that it is a neutral. Any type of paper can be acid free it simply needs to be treated properly during the manufacturing process so there is no acid in the pulp. “During production, acid-free paper may b
