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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 07:57 AM
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Any ideas on keeping your window sticker safe forever?
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 08:11 AM
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Any ideas on keeping your window sticker safe forever?
there was someone on the forum (this one or another) that had his original window sticker matted and framed under glass with several pics of his car. i looked top shelf!
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 08:34 AM
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I took mine to Office Depot and had it Laminated for around $2.00.
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 08:48 AM
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some librarys and museums use a spray that preserves paper, and then a good frame shop has glass that will kept out harmful rays... that is the high end of it... or just frame it for 6.99 or laminate it.. but once you laminate it, it will obviously not be paper anymore... depends on how much you want to spend.
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by CAJUN C4
Any ideas on keeping your window sticker safe forever?
Since you want to keep it forever, call the National Archives & see if they will let you keep in with the Declaration of Independence.
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 09:02 AM
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Ask your local schoolmarm to take it to her school and laminate it for you. Freebie! I'm married to one so she did it for me. Of course it wasn't exactly free as I had to listen to her stories about how they all came up with their "guy stories" about how fanatical we are about our cars and trucks. (As if!!!)
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by corvetteronw
Ask your local schoolmarm to take it to her school and laminate it for you. Freebie! I'm married to one so she did it for me. Of course it wasn't exactly free as I had to listen to her stories about how they all came up with their "guy stories" about how fanatical we are about our cars and trucks. (As if!!!)


Lamination is indeed the way to go tgo accomplish what you want.
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 11:43 AM
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Lamination WILL RUIN the sticker in a few years. Take it to a good frame shop and tell them you want it DRY MOUNTED under UV glass. That will do it!
(PS - not cheap approx $125-150 dollars)
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NCM provides laminated window stickers. I framed mine after I got it. So it is double protected.
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mine is laminated and so is my build sheet
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Originally Posted by corvette1989bham
Lamination WILL RUIN the sticker in a few years. Take it to a good frame shop and tell them you want it DRY MOUNTED under UV glass. That will do it!
(PS - not cheap approx $125-150 dollars)
Why do you say this? I had the old sheep skin laminated more than 30 years ago and it still looks great.
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