A common question that I’m asked is how should I maintain my album. So here is the scoop, common sense should prevail here. In other words don’t be flipping the pages of the album when you are eating cheese doodles and a soda pop, which I know you won’t be doing.
Your wedding album is made to last generations and is made up of two materials paper and most have a leather covers. The leather is very different then leather that goes on couches and your automobile seats, so try not to get it stained since most of those commercial leather are treated differently.
Now with anything made of paper humidity and temperature changes will affect the album pages. You should not store your album in an area that has high humidity or is damp, that is very bad thing. What will happen is the pages will start to warp, which is common. If this does happen the pages usually will go back to there original form if you move the album to a more temperature controlled environment. You could also place a heavy object on top of the album only if you can evenly distribute the weight. Now all you have to do is leave it alone for a week or two and everything should go back to normal. In other words, storing your album in an attic that is not temperature controlled or heavily insulated is usually a very bad thing. Oh yeah, don’t leave your wedding album on a coffee table that is in direct sunlight for 8 hours a day either.
Since every home is different every album will be affected differently. Depending on the size of the book, the type of paper used and the style of album you purchase. To a certain extent slight page warping is normal. Even my own wedding album that is 7 years old has a slight warp and I always tried to maintain it properly.
Enough of me babbling, I do go over this in greater detail with all my clients when an album is delivered.
