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24 Oct 2015
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I remember scoffing at a thread where collectors cut hinges in half..i mean what do a thousand hinges cost 1.99 ? But when do not have a source of hinges available you have to do what you must. i am going through bags of what i considered unfit hinges and separating the stuck ones..trying to straighten the bent or curled ones..so you never know !
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24 Oct 2015
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I have been looking at a lot of different brands. One that interests me is the Canadian brand FoldO-Hinge brand from UniTrade. They are advertised as having peelable, "non-curling" gum. If any one has had experience with these, I would be very interested to hear if the claims of "non-curling" gum are true.

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I used unfolded Foldo-Hinges exclusively back in the 80's and 90's and they were great. I have ni idea if today's hinge is the same formula or not - but at one point in time they were great.

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24 Oct 2015
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"One that interests me is the Canadian brand FoldO-Hinge brand from UniTrade. They are advertised as having peelable, "non-curling" gum. If any one has had experience with these, I would be very interested to hear if the claims of "non-curling" gum are true.
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The Unitrade foldo-hinge are not the same as the original. They are not "peelable" if compared to the original foldo-hinge.
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24 Oct 2015
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Just my experience...the Fold O's held up better than most..but eventually curl. the good old Dennisons...you could find a partial 40 year old pack and they were as good as new and ready to go to work ! I guess my moral is...i should not buy a single pack of hinges and think i am good for a long time !

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24 Oct 2015
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Phil

You should do as I do I buy 10 packages at a time and they last until I need more. LOL

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25 Oct 2015
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".... I buy 10 packages at a time and they last until I need more ...."
Me to !
Although usually I'll grab another ten if I see them at a good price. Why wait until cutting what remains in half begins to look optimal.
Currently I am using "Supersafe" pre-folded hinges made in Germany and distributed by Vidiforms. They seem to do the job.

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Why am i so cheap ?Angry

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Must be the humidity or i keep them too long...after a while they curl or stick together !Image Not Found

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25 Oct 2015
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I get the same problem, Phil--I would not buy more than a couple at a time. I am storing mine now in the storage cabinet and have "Damp Rid" to suck up the moisture so common in Florida!

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25 Oct 2015
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re: This thread is those who hinge !

At Ian Kimmerly Stamps, a few years ago, we purchased a collection. Along with all the usual tools that come with collections (tongs, glass, watermark tray, etc.) the collector had put his hinges in a small Fleishmann's Yeast tin. It comes with a plastic lid like a tub of sour cream. I've been using it since, and I've never had hinges curl.

Of course, I'm using old hinges I purchased from Ian, that are truly peelable.

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25 Oct 2015
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I will get some foldos when we come up for Orapex !

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25 Oct 2015
06:16:52pm
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Phil,
You're probably more like me in the fact that you don't even use half of the hinge, in it's original size anyway. I just put a small spot of moisture on both the top and bottom parts of the hinge anyway, so why not cut them in half? It doesn't take that much time to do a bunch of hinges anyway and I feel like I'm not wasting them so much. Remember the old adage "Waste Not, Want Not", still works today. I'm surprised at the size of some of the "old timey hinges" that are found in older collection, being they are at least twice the size of today's hinges, but only partial gum on them, what a waste that seems to be.
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25 Oct 2015
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re: This thread is those who hinge !

When your hands start to stiffen up with arthritis and you feel like you have ten thumbs you may appreciate the extra size. J

Just my two cents

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25 Oct 2015
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I know how that is, but was just speaking about most collectors that don't suffer in-capacities, yet. Yes, many of us in those "Golden Years" suffer from many different pains we never thought about when we were in our earlier years. My mothers hands were twisted up with Arthritis but she still was able to work around that and do her counted cross stitch, needle point and crocheting, up until the day she passed away at 83 years.
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25 Oct 2015
08:00:56pm
re: This thread is those who hinge !

" .... Must be the humidity or I keep them too long...after a while they curl or stick together ! ...."

I had a problem like that some years ago. Very annoying.
I took an old used "Priority" envelope and cut one corner just large enough to hold a Supersafe envelope so that two sides had the original fold and seam. Then I folded over the one opposite long side and taped it so that what was left was a pouch into which I could slip one or two of the Supersafe hinge envelopes plus the last one or two Dennison's hinge envelopes. ( Yes, it took two tries to get the size just right so I could make the extra fold, keeping the tape away from the hinge envelopes.).
They were then held flat and snug.
As I needed hinges I would slide the open envelope out and pour (???) enough of them for that evening or morning into an extra watermark tray.
The result was that the makeshift cardboard pouch kept the hinges inside the original envelopes flat, and apparently dry.
Pouring too many at a time and not using them would allow them to curl up by the next day. So the key is to pour twenty or thirty at a time, and add more as needed.
The rest of whatever hinge envelopes I had were also placed between two layers of cardboard and secured with two or three thick rubber bands, which kept them flat. Although once I lost track of where I had put that pack of six or eight hinge envelopes, eventually I moved one of the Gibbon's specialized catalogs and found the hinge supply that had been set beneath the pile.
I have been in Florida for almost thirty years now and while it is supposed to be a humid climate, I feel it is not as bad as living on Long Island (New York) overlooking, more or less, the Long Island Sound, possibly because the house in Florida is air conditioned.


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25 Oct 2015
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Wow ! i guess thats one way to preserve the little buggers...now if we were in the Valley of the Kings they should stay in their original condition !

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26 Oct 2015
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Simply put hinges in kitchen seal bags- whatever size meets your need.

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24 Oct 2015
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I remember scoffing at a thread where collectors cut hinges in half..i mean what do a thousand hinges cost 1.99 ? But when do not have a source of hinges available you have to do what you must. i am going through bags of what i considered unfit hinges and separating the stuck ones..trying to straighten the bent or curled ones..so you never know !

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24 Oct 2015
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re: This thread is those who hinge !

I have been looking at a lot of different brands. One that interests me is the Canadian brand FoldO-Hinge brand from UniTrade. They are advertised as having peelable, "non-curling" gum. If any one has had experience with these, I would be very interested to hear if the claims of "non-curling" gum are true.

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I used unfolded Foldo-Hinges exclusively back in the 80's and 90's and they were great. I have ni idea if today's hinge is the same formula or not - but at one point in time they were great.

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24 Oct 2015
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re: This thread is those who hinge !

"One that interests me is the Canadian brand FoldO-Hinge brand from UniTrade. They are advertised as having peelable, "non-curling" gum. If any one has had experience with these, I would be very interested to hear if the claims of "non-curling" gum are true.
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The Unitrade foldo-hinge are not the same as the original. They are not "peelable" if compared to the original foldo-hinge.
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re: This thread is those who hinge !

Just my experience...the Fold O's held up better than most..but eventually curl. the good old Dennisons...you could find a partial 40 year old pack and they were as good as new and ready to go to work ! I guess my moral is...i should not buy a single pack of hinges and think i am good for a long time !

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Phil

You should do as I do I buy 10 packages at a time and they last until I need more. LOL

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".... I buy 10 packages at a time and they last until I need more ...."
Me to !
Although usually I'll grab another ten if I see them at a good price. Why wait until cutting what remains in half begins to look optimal.
Currently I am using "Supersafe" pre-folded hinges made in Germany and distributed by Vidiforms. They seem to do the job.

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Why am i so cheap ?Angry

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25 Oct 2015
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re: This thread is those who hinge !

I get the same problem, Phil--I would not buy more than a couple at a time. I am storing mine now in the storage cabinet and have "Damp Rid" to suck up the moisture so common in Florida!

BOB

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25 Oct 2015
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re: This thread is those who hinge !

At Ian Kimmerly Stamps, a few years ago, we purchased a collection. Along with all the usual tools that come with collections (tongs, glass, watermark tray, etc.) the collector had put his hinges in a small Fleishmann's Yeast tin. It comes with a plastic lid like a tub of sour cream. I've been using it since, and I've never had hinges curl.

Of course, I'm using old hinges I purchased from Ian, that are truly peelable.

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I will get some foldos when we come up for Orapex !

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25 Oct 2015
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re: This thread is those who hinge !

Phil,
You're probably more like me in the fact that you don't even use half of the hinge, in it's original size anyway. I just put a small spot of moisture on both the top and bottom parts of the hinge anyway, so why not cut them in half? It doesn't take that much time to do a bunch of hinges anyway and I feel like I'm not wasting them so much. Remember the old adage "Waste Not, Want Not", still works today. I'm surprised at the size of some of the "old timey hinges" that are found in older collection, being they are at least twice the size of today's hinges, but only partial gum on them, what a waste that seems to be.
Mike

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25 Oct 2015
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re: This thread is those who hinge !

When your hands start to stiffen up with arthritis and you feel like you have ten thumbs you may appreciate the extra size. J

Just my two cents

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25 Oct 2015
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re: This thread is those who hinge !

I know how that is, but was just speaking about most collectors that don't suffer in-capacities, yet. Yes, many of us in those "Golden Years" suffer from many different pains we never thought about when we were in our earlier years. My mothers hands were twisted up with Arthritis but she still was able to work around that and do her counted cross stitch, needle point and crocheting, up until the day she passed away at 83 years.
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25 Oct 2015
08:00:56pm

re: This thread is those who hinge !

" .... Must be the humidity or I keep them too long...after a while they curl or stick together ! ...."

I had a problem like that some years ago. Very annoying.
I took an old used "Priority" envelope and cut one corner just large enough to hold a Supersafe envelope so that two sides had the original fold and seam. Then I folded over the one opposite long side and taped it so that what was left was a pouch into which I could slip one or two of the Supersafe hinge envelopes plus the last one or two Dennison's hinge envelopes. ( Yes, it took two tries to get the size just right so I could make the extra fold, keeping the tape away from the hinge envelopes.).
They were then held flat and snug.
As I needed hinges I would slide the open envelope out and pour (???) enough of them for that evening or morning into an extra watermark tray.
The result was that the makeshift cardboard pouch kept the hinges inside the original envelopes flat, and apparently dry.
Pouring too many at a time and not using them would allow them to curl up by the next day. So the key is to pour twenty or thirty at a time, and add more as needed.
The rest of whatever hinge envelopes I had were also placed between two layers of cardboard and secured with two or three thick rubber bands, which kept them flat. Although once I lost track of where I had put that pack of six or eight hinge envelopes, eventually I moved one of the Gibbon's specialized catalogs and found the hinge supply that had been set beneath the pile.
I have been in Florida for almost thirty years now and while it is supposed to be a humid climate, I feel it is not as bad as living on Long Island (New York) overlooking, more or less, the Long Island Sound, possibly because the house in Florida is air conditioned.


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re: This thread is those who hinge !

Wow ! i guess thats one way to preserve the little buggers...now if we were in the Valley of the Kings they should stay in their original condition !

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