Question from new member

[Emily]

Hello, all, I just now joined this group. I am a writer, and I just
started using Moleskines for my journaling. I have run across some
conflicting information about paper quality, and I want to pick your
brains on that subject.

Moleskine paper is acid-free. Does that also mean that it is "archival
quality?" I queried one retailer about this, and the answer was that
the manufacturer does not claim that it is archival quality, so they
won't make the claim, either.

When researching inks, I found that acid-free is not enough. The ink
must also be waterproof, fadeproof, and chemical proof.

So----what about Moleskine's paper? Archival quality----or not?

[Steve]

Here is everything you ever wanted to know about standards for
archival quality paper. Whether Moleskine meets this criteria, I
can't say, though I doubt it.

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/115-114e.htm

Steve

[molly]

yes. archival quality means PH Neutral and Acid free.
it's all the same thing.
you are looking for problems where non exist.
Noodler's Ink is also archival quality.

On Jan 17, 10:56 am, "Emily" <akinem...@gmail.com> wrote:

[a11en]

Very interesting link to the iso standard for paper... I think the
first simplest thing to do is to ensure you are using pH-neutral
paper, and ph-neutral inks. Certainly if the ink and paper is acidic
you're going to have trouble. I have no idea about ball-point inks...
I use a fountain-pen, and almost exclusively Noodler's bullet-proof
inks (permanent cellulose-reactive dyes) which are pH neutral.

Durability is an interesting question- the iso standard mentions
folding durability etc... so, perhaps it's not Archival due to the
strength of the paper, but perhaps it's acid-free, and that may be
enough for a well-cared for moleskine.

-Allen

[Jim]

If you write in any old notebook with ink and keep the book shut (and
dry) the book and writing will last hundreds of years. If you display
pages then sunlight will fade many inks (and you can find loads of
sites by people who have left all types of ink in the sun and worked
out their fading).
I went to the V&A museum and saw some of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks
recently. Neither his paper was archive quality nor his ink fade free.
The most important thing is to fill the notebook, not to worry about
it fading. I have notebooks going back to the First World War. Storage
and handling is far mor important, honest

Jimbo