Need Recommendation: Where To Buy Printed Scott Album Pages?

If I'm understanding correctly ... maintaining the proper environment is important but not enough. The paper will still degrade over time.

It seems then that the solution is to change out the albums every x number of years? I would assume the higher the quality of paper would result in a higher value of x? And then is there a general rule of thumb to approximate x?

Using high quality paper gives collectors a larger margin of error with less chance that during their lifetime damage would result. But I do concur with GeoffHa that maintaining a good environment is paramount and this goes beyond acidification. Even with high quality paper damage can occur with things like mold (rust).

I am not aware of any general rules of thumb. Ultimately all paper, no matter the quality, will turn to dust after a period of time. Being a good steward of the material we own means that we do what we can to administer and care for our stamps and covers. I think using quality paper today also helps those who come after us tomorrow.
Don

Edit to add:
I think that all collectors should periodically page though their albums and analyze the condition. Take the time to pull a few stamps from any mounts and check for any problems.

Fascinating discussion here - thanks for all of the thoughtful replies. I'm ordering a fresh set of Scott International Vol 1 pages, and I'm gathering from the earlier replies to this thread that I can be moderately assured that they're acid-free (whatever that means, I suppose). I'm also thinking about ordering buffered interleaving as opposed to regular glassine. From what I've read, glassine is acid free (?), but I've seen enough yellowed glassine envelopes to be skeptical of that!

I have used Steiner pages for the past 12 years or so. Because I am a lover off all stamps this works for me. As for the paper I invest in archival paper with a cotton content which makes it a little stiffer. The brand I buy is $36.00 Canadian for 400 sheets. Even if I purchase good quality binders I still find this more economical than purchasing pre printed albums.

I now have 60 printed albums (give or take a couple). My fellow collectors have been impressed with them when I show them off at our stamp club meetings and stamp shows.

They may not be perfect but they work perfectly well for me.

Dianne

On the ever-fascinating subject of page interleaving , I've steered clear of glassine in recent years due to the yellowing problem I've seen with a lot of older glassine (envelopes as well as interleaving). Other things I don't like about glassine are its lack of clarity. You have to turn the glassine page to see your stamps well unlike with clear interleaving. And the rustling noise of the glassine pages, believe it or not, annoys me just enough to not want to use them. Sure, silly, but there you have it.

My choice has been crystal clear interleaving. Not sure if it's mylar, acetate, or something else. Its advantages are mainly the opposite of glassine. You can see through it like glass (as opposed to "glassine" which isn't like glass at all) so it's not necessary to turn the page if you don't want to. It has a static charge that clings to the page it's protecting which makes turning pages easier (the interleaving and the next page turn together -- so, yes, it is magic!). And no annoying crinkling noise, either!

About a year ago, Subway Stamp Shop sold me about forty (40) packages of clear interleaving for my Scott International albums (100 sheets per package -- and how did I end up with so many International albums?). It's excellent interleaving, and I love it.

For my Scott Specialty albums, it's been more hit or miss finding clear interleaving, but I've found a dozen packages of it. But in Specialty albums it's not necessary really because those pages are all one-sided. Unlike with the two-sided International pages where, to me anyway, interleaving is essential to keep facing stamps from catching on each other all the time.

I think the original question in this thread had something to do with where to buy pre-printed Scott album pages. To repeat one of my earlier comments a little, for me, the simplest and best way to do that is to buy directly from the manufacturer, Scott/Amos at their "Amos Advantage" website. There's a discount for subscribers to 'Linn's Stamp News' so the price is decent, and shipping is generally fairly quick (a week or so). They mostly do "printing on demand" now which accounts for some of the delay. These pages are no longer just sitting in a warehouse waiting to be mailed out like before. Also Scott/Amos has been very responsive to me when I've had a problem like a misprinted or smudged page that needed reprinting. but that was just once or twice. Don't hesitate to email their customer service people if you ever have a problem.

Also I'd like to point out that I wrote this entire comment without once using the word "Steiner".