Question Re Paper Weight

I am looking at some preprinted album pages and have the option of ordering in 65 pound weight or 28 pound. I am familiar with the 65 pound which I think is sort of a standard for many such pages. I seem to recall that the Mystic Heirloom pages are 28 pound- can anyone confirm that? I'd be using sheet protectors and would want the lighter weight to avoid over weighting the album, thanks.

The problem with a lower weight is that the paper will start doing funny stuff when you use hinges or mounts!

Peter

Yeah I thought of that- these are pages for Plate Blocks- I'd perhaps have at most 3 mounts per page- I would like to be able to use the 'Stampmounts' by Washington Press- self adhesive. I used some of these for singles on the mystic pages of the same weight and never had any problem with bleed through or wrinkling. If anyone else has any experiences or comments I'd welcome them.

Paper weight is a relative term, of course. Are you talking about a 65 lb. cover?

Stamps1962, in the case of the self sticking mounts I would go for it.
KGB, he was referring to pre-printed album pages.

Peter

Peter, cover is a classification of paper. There is bond, book, index, and cover (roughly speaking.) Each weighs differently because of the size of a standard sheet. (Yeah, I know, why did they make it so confusing?)

Here is a link to the site listing for the pages- note they list a choice of three paper weights including 28 lb. I had bought a unit of these and found that the 110 paper which I selected together with the sheet protectors resulted in a binder that was so heavy it was difficult to use. I darn near got a hernia just trying to hold it on my lap. My thinking is that the lightweight paper would overcome this.

http://www.stampparaphernalia.com/u...k_part_a.htm

It sounds like the 65 lb. is the one to go for. That's what I would choose also.

A 28lb paper is a little heavier than the standard sheet of school notebook paper, while 62lb is a little over double that weight -- a stiffer sheet a paper. A 110lb. sheet is what you find used as covers on catalog jackets - a stiffer sheet of paper; here, instead of doubling the weight, you are almost doubling the weight from 62lb.

Remember, you get what you pay for and at 28lb a page will page will tend to tear easily if handled too roughly or "sag" if loaded with covers or too many stamps. The 28lb can be a good sheet, IF you do not intend to load too many stamps on the page. Also, It will not hold two covers. Best bet, go with the 62lb. paper.

I plan on using protectors on the pages, that's why the 28 lb appeals to me but..

Maybe the best would be to place a small order for some pages and try this approach.

I would think 28-lb paper would be OK if housed in page protectors. I mostly use 60-lb cover stock, but have used 28 and 32-lb paper on occasion for some Steiner pages I printed. Lighter weight pages work OK when hinging stamps on Steiner pages as they're only printed on one side and Steiner uses a fairly sparse layout, at least compared to Scott et. al. If I were using mostly mounts and/or printing on both sides, I definitely wouldn't use the lighter weight paper. I do not put them in page protectors and the biggest downside is that I need to be careful when turning the pages, as the thinner paper is more susceptible to tearing at the hole punches.