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Q. Do you recommend laminating old documents such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, etc. to preserve them? A. The rule of document conservation is: Never do anything that isn’t reversible. Lamination is not reversible. It might be a good solution for non-archival items that receive heavy use. For example, a high-traffic restaurant might have its View Website VIP Subscription

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