Approach to Building Sets

[betafolio2]

Originally Posted by Samsdaddy

I used to store them in sheets but what bugged me is several cards in each sheet would creep up leaving the top exposed. It just drove me nuts.

Erik, this is a very real issue for me too! Even though I handle the binders and pages very carefully, I can't stop this from happening. So it just gives me all the more reason to be EXTRA careful! Also, I found that when I would move the binders either to or from my storage box or shelf, the first two or three pages would sometimes get hung up on the binder rings. I solved that problem by adding so-called boomerang page lifters to the front of each binder. The page lifters help keep the pages from moving around once I close the binder cover.

[Samsdaddy]

Originally Posted by betafolio2

Erik, this is a very real issue for me too! Even though I handle the binders and pages very carefully, I can't stop this from happening. So it just gives me all the more reason to be EXTRA careful! Also, I found that when I would move the binders either to or from my storage box or shelf, the first two or three pages would sometimes get hung up on the binder rings. I solved that problem by adding so-called boomerang page lifters to the front of each binder. The page lifters help keep the pages from moving around once I close the binder cover.

You are more patient than I am regarding this. I am too OCD and it just bugged me to no end so I switched everything to Top Loaders and Card Saver 1's.

And, as I said earlier, I like to handle each card individually, something I could not do in sheets.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

I too have faced some bending problems. I purchased some coin ablums for a family member from the Lighthouse Company. They all had an interesting feature.

At the front of each album is a fairly thick plastic bar that slides up to lock the pages tight against the back of the binder. You simply slide the bar down to unlock it and turn pages. This keeps them rigid and protects the pages.

Has anyone seen this type of feature in a card album? I would also like to find an D-Ring album that has either a leather type finish or a pebble grain finish, just seems a little nicer then the standard plastic card album

[Volod]

Originally Posted by Hot Springs Bathers

I too have faced some bending problems. I purchased some coin ablums for a family member from the Lighthouse Company. They all had an interesting feature.

At the front of each album is a fairly thick plastic bar that slides up to lock the pages tight against the back of the binder. You simply slide the bar down to unlock it and turn pages. This keeps them rigid and protects the pages.

Has anyone seen this type of feature in a card album? I would also like to find an D-Ring album that has either a leather type finish or a pebble grain finish, just seems a little nicer then the standard plastic card album

Nice suggestion, Hot - I've never seen it, though it seems like something the industry could use. I went to the Lighthouse website, but saw only coin and stamp supplies available there. Maybe they would consider branching out.
http://www.lighthouse.us/epages/ligh...ies/US/US_2203

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Yes Steve, sadly I think they only deal in coins and mainly stamps. I am not creative enough to execute a design for a locking sheet that would hold the pages flat.