patricia_lee•17d agoProlific Poster

Guy at the supply house showed me how to store my drawings

Been drafting for 5 years. Always rolled my prints up tight with rubber bands. Left creases everywhere. One day this old timer at the supply counter saw my roll and laughed. Said I was crushing the paper. He showed me how to use those cardboard tubes with the plastic caps. $3 each at the register. Took me 10 minutes to switch everything over. Has anyone else found a cheap trick that saved their work from getting wrecked?

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andrewh9517d ago

Rolling is fine but those tubes get smashed just as easy if you're not careful. I quit worrying about creases a long time ago. The real trick is keeping your drawings flat and organized in a plan bag. Those plastic sleeves stop dirt and coffee spills way better than a cardboard tube ever will. Tubes are just trading one problem for another if you ask me.

the_brian17d ago

Andre, you say plan bags are better, but aren't you basically trading one kind of hassle for another? I've used those clear plastic sleeves before, and yeah, they keep dirt off. But they're a pain to pull drawings in and out of, especially if your hands are a bit sweaty or if it's humid out. And if you get a wrinkle in the sleeve itself, it can mess with how you read the plans. Plus, I've seen those plastic sleeves crack and split at the seams after a few months of rolling and unrolling. Are you honestly saying you've never had a sleeve tear on you right when you needed a drawing? It always feels like you're picking the lesser of two evils, not finding a real fix.