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Hey guys

I was just going through my movie ticket collection and was pissed to find that my original TFTM tickets have faded. The ink has simply disappeared. Luckily I watched it five times so one still has some traces.

Still considering DOTM will be out in a short ten days, I was wondering if anyone of you knows how to preserve tickets considering the lousy non-permanent ink they use to print them. I believe there is some special spray artists use to fix their pencil sketches to prevent smudging?

Thanks in advance!

My wife Scrapbooks and keeps things like this in ok condition. I'd suggest something like that perhaps? It won't keep the ticket in it's perfect condition, but might work.

I used to keep my tickets to every movie I'd ever been to. Being in the navy it was a small reminder of not being on a ship. But over the yrs they fade and some I can't read anymore. I threw them out after a while, but she does keep the ones we go on dates to here and there and they end up in her scrap book collection if it was a movie that she liked and was fun.

dirk2243 wrote:My wife Scrapbooks and keeps things like this in ok condition. I'd suggest something like that perhaps? It won't keep the ticket in it's perfect condition, but might work.

I used to keep my tickets to every movie I'd ever been to. Being in the navy it was a small reminder of not being on a ship. But over the yrs they fade and some I can't read anymore. I threw them out after a while, but she does keep the ones we go on dates to here and there and they end up in her scrap book collection if it was a movie that she liked and was fun.

Hey thanks! Appreciate the response; I'd given up on getting one. Does she use anything special to fix the ink? I think a problem I'm having is the sort of ink used. It just fades and then disappears. I really wanted to keep my original Transformers movie tickets at least to photograph together with my ROTF and DORM ones but am really irritated that most are faded and will probably be gone by the DOTM shows!

Ill ask her when she gets home.

Why not get one of those clear sprays you can get at the arts and crafts stores? Painters use to keep pastel paintings from smudging, maybe it'll help the ink from fading?

Iamwarhorse wrote:Why not get one of those clear sprays you can get at the arts and crafts stores? Painters use to keep pastel paintings from smudging, maybe it'll help the ink from fading?

That would probably be a decent bet actually.

I'm actually quite happy to read this thread. I always save my tickets and I've noticed the same thing - mine have badly faded. I've never thought about spraying them with clearcoat. That's a good idea.


I actually have an old ticket from the 1989 Batman movie! 2-3 actually. (I loved that movie.)

But...you can BARELY read them.

I might have to try the clear coat as well. I always try to hold onto them and then tape them inside the case of the DVD/Blu-Ray.

Hey Bonecrusher27, she also said they have actual little sleeves made that you can put your ticket in to preserve it sold in scrap-booking stores, but that if you can find that clear coat it might be a more better approach. She also recommended if you spray them, apply the coating of whatever it's called, don't handle them too much/often as it would defeat the purpose.