Over time most tissue paper will become acidic and brittle with age. The acidity will transfer to adjacent objects causing these objects to become weaker and possibly discolored. Acid free tissue papers are specially processed to remove such contaminants. Some acid free papers are, in addition, buffered to an alkaline pH.
This buffered tissue is considered to be excellent protection for cotton or linen textiles. It is buffered with a higher degree of buffering than our other papers. It's also thicker and smooth.
Buffered tissue is indispensable when preparing things for long term storage. Use this buffered tissue for wrapping acidic papers (e.g. newspapers), interleaf for b/w prints on fiber based paper, and for all cotton and linen textiles.
This product may not be suitable for use with color photographs and textiles made from silk or wool. Use our unbuffered tissue to store these items.
We recommend buffered tissue to be used inside of time capsules for the most part - just beware of those special cases in which the alkaline surface may react with an item that's sensitive to that. When in doubt about a color photograph, use a plastic sleeve first before storing with buffered paper.
This tissue paper is commonly used for interleaving prints and plates, padding and wrapping textiles, costumes, and paper artifacts.
We fold and pack in small quantities for ease of shipping.
