Climate Control

Climate Control is one of the most critical factors in long-term card preservation. Temperature and humidity fluctuations cause warping, foxing, brittleness, and other irreversible damage that no restoration technique can fully correct.

Also on this page
  • Why Climate Matters
  • How Climate Damages Cards
  • Ideal Storage Conditions
  • Temperature
  • Humidity
  • Seasonal Challenges
  • Summer Concerns
  • Winter Concerns
  • Transitional Seasons
  • HVAC Considerations
  • Central Air Conditioning
  • Central Heating
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This page is part of the Card Conservation Wiki member library — the working reference behind The Cardboard Alchemists. Technique pages with tested settings, the Card Sensitivity Database, logged incidents with the exact parameters that caused them, and community experiments you will not find written down anywhere else.
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