How to preserve items?!

[x-mimioreo.livejournal.com]

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO TEGO<3

Hi guys! I just bought a few CDs (used) and I was wondering how people keep their CDs in such great conditions? 
1. Are there sleeves for jewel cases? Any recommendation on affordable bands/types/sizes?
2. How do you keep the obi on? I always thought the obi was INSIDE the case, like in American CDs. How do you guys keep it on and in good condition?

Also, for general Japanese magazines, what size is it? I remember when I went to Japan I saw that brand of manga/book covers and bought a random size and it didn't fit. haha.
Where do you get these?

I've never been huge on collecting things or keeping them in nice condition, but I suddenly want to protect these very expensive CDs (:

Thank you!

Comments

[zouter.livejournal.com]

When i buy the CD, it usually comes with a plastic wrapper.

I try to not tear up or destroy the plastic wrapper (but sometimes i fail). I just put back in the CD with the obi into the plastic wrapper. It's difficult to put it back in but i guess it protects it more.

TBH, i only buy CD to support them, and I have not even played the CD on the computer or the car. What i listen to is what i download, but the CD is always staying on my shelve. Opened to look at once or twice, but never played.

*Advice coming from CD owner of 53 + 1 DVD, & 2 more on the way to my house*

[x-mimioreo.livejournal.com]

I see what you mean. Darn :\

I'm the type to buy them so I can pop them in a CD player and feel cool (: hahah

[silver881.livejournal.com]

if you go to like a media store (best buy/office supply) you can find these plastic bags ... a lot are resealable and they work really really well! I am the same way about keeping CDs in great condition. so when i do buy a used CD and there is no plastic the obi should fit on the inside, usually where the booklet is kept :)

as for the magazines vary in size ... they are not standard sizes ... i dont know where exactly to buy those, but maybe the office supply might have those (i never looked so i dont know :(()

good luck

[x-mimioreo.livejournal.com]

On the inside? How so?
It's strange, the japanese CDs' part where the obi fits is solid and has no hole D:

[smilingmaram.livejournal.com]

i think she meant to fold the obi and put it inside the cover booklet.
but only fold it within the folding lines! don't ruin ur obis

[x-mimioreo.livejournal.com]

ohh ok :O

[x-mimioreo.livejournal.com]

I take that back. Only the NEWs and tegomass cds are like that. D:

[smilingmaram.livejournal.com]

I keep everything the way it came to me.
I open the CD once, I take the songs, put them on my laptop, take a look at the booklet, put the obi inside the booklet, then the cd goes into bubble-wrap to never be opened again.

Dvds the same thing, since they're almost always shared, I don't even play them, I just look at the booklet once, then it goes back into bubble-wrap.

They all go into one big box label "NEWS/Tegomass".

If I find a better way to preserve my things, I'll let u know.

As for mags, I'm currently in search of what u'r looking for, so i don't really know.

[smilingmaram.livejournal.com]

oh!
Btw,
1- NEVER leave your magazines standing, they bend that way.
2- if you're gona put the mags on top of each other, separate each one from the other with a paper (the covers get stuck together & when u try to separate them, they'll peel!).
3- keep ur mags in a plastic or leather box, coz humidity gets to them T.T
4- I suggest that you wrap each stack of mags with that spongy wrapping material, but make sure you don't bend the edges.. don't shake the box u put them in too much.

If your mags get dirty, let me know, I'll explain how to clean them.

[smilingmaram.livejournal.com]

And as zouter said,
japanese magazines don't come in one size, some are A4, some r MUCH smaller, and some are hilariously larger!

ganbatte ne!

[yloife.livejournal.com]

-2. That happened to some of my old magazines T^T. And I forgot about it until I read this. I better go and rearrange my magazines asap before this happens to them too :|

The various sizes really make the magazines a pain to store T^T

[x-mimioreo.livejournal.com]

oh my, so professional (:
I don't really "collect" mags, I just buy a few when I go to Japan, so they aren't that much of a problem for me. But wow. thank you ^_^

[mocoharuma.livejournal.com]

yeah i also put back my cd into the plastic provided when you buy the items, my cds and tapes which I bought in Japan since 1985 up to present are still in good conditions even if i play them so many times, maybe because of the quality they use [i guess ne]and i really keep them in my overnight type bag intended for cds..

[moreliana.livejournal.com]

when i get my cd's, i open it just to look and put it back in the plastic wrap it came in and put them on a bookshelf. but lately i've been thinking about getting a new shelf just for cd's. as for magazines, i take care of them but not as much as i do my cd's since i scan my magazines o.o

[mythirteeeenth.livejournal.com]

CDS usually keep it in the bubble wrap :3

[rubydesu123.livejournal.com]

erm... this may seem stupid but whats an obi...?