Before revision: The following is a chart that shows non-archival materials and their archival equivalents: Traditional non-archival materials Archival materials without acidic fumes wood, plywood, masonite metal paper acid-free paper card and cardboard acid-free card cotton (in the UK cotton wool) polyester fiberfill cork polyester fiberfill colored plastic foam ethafoam: white polyethylene foam ethylene vinyl acetate mylar ballpoint pen ink, other everyday inks carbon ink (or pencil) ordinary glue archival glue ordinary cellulose tape archival cellulose tape ordinary (polyetheylene) zipper storage bags archival (polypropylene) zipper storage bags If possible, the use of wood and cellulose derivatives should be avoided entirely.
After revision: The following is a chart that shows non-archival materials and their archival equivalents: Traditional non-archival materials Archival materials without acidic fumes wood, plywood, masonite metal paper acid-free paper card and cardboard acid-free card cotton (in the UK cotton wool) polyester fiberfill cork polyester fiberfill colored plastic foam ethafoam: white polyethylene foam ethylene vinyl acetate mylar ballpoint pen ink, other everyday inks carbon ink (or pencil) ordinary glue archival glue ordinary cellulose tape archival cellulose tape ordinary (polyetheylene) zipper storage bags archival (polypropylene) zipper storage bags If possible, the use of wood and wood products should be avoided entirely.