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I am in the process of documenting our family history. My goal is to document our history in an attractive manner. I have carefully scanned in all of the old pictures, color corrected, etc, etc. and been careful to keep everything acid free. A LOT of work is already behind me. While I consider the books attractive, they are not intended as 'coffee table books'. I am putting many pictures and lots of information per page and using the slip on page protecters. I have been using the craft (acid free) glue sticks for most everything because they seem to be the inexpensive route to go. THEN . . . Last night someone told me that the glue from the sticks only lasts about 5 years and then dries and stuff falls off. Has anyone heard this info or had an experience with the glue sticks? Do I need to switch to tape? (I have about 40 of 100+ pages done!)
Personally IMO, I would switch to tape that is acid free meant for scrapbooking. I think "I" might have the same reservations with the glue stick. That's a ton of work only to have to redo it in 5 years again...better safe than sorry. I've used the glue stick before and didn't care for it some are permanent and some are re-positionable...I don't know anyone whom uses the sticks...and I've been scrapbooking for many years...I hope this helps??
The gluesticks work okay if both paper surfaces you're gluing are rough. The problem comes with those slick papers such as photo paper. My oldest album pages from 2000 were done with gluesticks, and whatever ones I used held up well.
My favorite glue is Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive. You can use very little of it - just a skinny bead of it in the corners of photos - and it adheres well. Their previous formula, Scotch Quick-Dry Tacky Adhesive, worked better, but was discontinued in 2006. I was fortunate enough to run across a bunch of old stock at a local Office Depot that was closing and had pulled all their warehoused inventory onto the sales floor to liquidate it. I scored a bargain, bought a dozen bottles because I love the old stuff so much!
It pays to read and find out which adhesives work best long-term. It stinks to look at older layouts and find your pictures and embellishments falling down inside the page protector because the adhesive just didn't hold up. Been there, re-did them! LOL
I learned from Fiskars adhesive squares not holding photos in place. Some adhesives just hold better than others, especially with specialty cardstocks with various surfaces.
