For those who love reading surely they know that comic has different characteristic, like comic books have similarity in shape and thickness which have a hundred pages generally. So is the cover of the comic books for they have attraction.
Tips to Maintain Comic Books
To maintain comic books is very important. There are ways to maintain comic books of your own and one of them is by storing then in comic book shelves. However, before you store it in the comic book shelves you should figure out how to treat your comic book well.
Spare your time to cover your comic book by using plastic. Find transparent plastic which is pretty thick and not sticky. Make sure the plastic cover is not too tight and not too loose. Too tight cover could make the cover folded when being opened. Meanwhile, loose cover would make comic is uncomfortable to hold. Plastic cover would protect the outside of the comic form dust, dirt, and water.
For some comic lovers, folding page is forbidden thing. This is because this could make the page crumpled and easily torn. You need not buy beautiful and expensive bookmark to mark the pages. You could anything like leaf, banknote, or business card. The most important thing is not placing too thick bookmarks like pen for this would harm the comic.
Tips to Maintain Comic Books
Piling up comics could harm the binding and the cover. Therefore, you should order the comics vertically in the comic book shelves. Remember to order it based on the alphabet or the serial number in order to be easily found.
Comic which is untouched for long time would be dusted. Spare your time to clean the comic. You should also clean the comic book shelves in order the condition of your comics remains maintained. Pen or pencil graffiti would make the comic pages look dirty. Though pencil graffiti could be erased yet the former of the eraser would thin the surface of the paper.
Comic consists of papers which are made of wood. As wood processed in common, paper also could invite termite. This time producers generally process the papers with chemicals in order to be recycled. This chemical is the one which makes comic is not harmed by termite. However, keep placing camphor in the comic book shelves in order there is no insects, mold, and odor in your comic books.
Keep your comics in the room with good air circulation. Damp place could make the sheet page of the comic becomes mildew and yellowing. Make sure that your comics are not directly exposed by sun light or strong powered lighting for this could harm its color.
The main tip to maintain comics is to maintain the cleanness when reading. Keep your comics away of foods and drinks. Keep your hands clean when you want to read. Make sure you do not hold comics with damp, dirty, or wet hands. Clean and dry your hands first before holding your comics. Among all those tips, cleanness becomes the main point.