Herma Tab Dispenser

I've never used their tabs, but I wouldn't know why not. It's acid free. I usually just use the Scotch ones I can pick up at Wal-Mart. I love the Hermafix dotto adhesive and use it all the time. Just a little bit will do it. I see people at crops use their dispensers and go completely acorss the back several times of everything they fasten down. And then they wonder why they run out of adhesive so fast. Sandy

How do you know they are acid free? Couldn't find anything that said so. During my research in local stores I found just one company (henzo) that explicitly said their products are acidfree.

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Susanne....I have Herma products here and they say on the box they are acid free. I have the Herma Vario which dispenses square sort of photo tabs and the Herma Transfer glue roller in both permanent & repositionable...all state they are acid-free on the packaging. HTH

That is my favorite! Definitely is safe.

--Tammy

Susanne, I really like the herma dotto! I havent used the tabs. Sandy, I know what you mean about running it all around the page several times..I learned the HARD way the first time I used one! I used it all up in a couple of hours! Lessons learned! :-)

Linda

I have a Hermafix Dotto and I'm about ready to get rid of it! It was really expensive and I have had nothing but trouble with it. How do you keep it from getting all gummed up? I have a really hard time putting in the refills too. I think I'll stick with my Tombow adhesive. It is much easier to use.

Thanks for all the relpies. I will check it again. Maybe they just don't explicitly say so on the german boxes. Inside the box is probably the same content like in every other country....

Susanne

Susanne...if you are anything like me you will have great difficulty with all the EU country translations on the back of everything. The writing is SO small you need a magnifying glass LOL It is one of my pet peeves I am afraid particularly when it comes to food labelling...arrgh! On one of my Herma refill packs it is on the back and front - on the other it is only on the back of the box.

I just got the box out again and see Herma is a German-made product...ROFL Does 'archivierrungssicher' not translate into 'archival safe' and 'saurefrei' into 'acid free' because that is on both my boxes?

You are right, Marilyn. :)

What I did was, I looked at the different things they sell online on

There they say nothing about archival safe and so on. The only thing they say is, that it is solvent-free.

But I was able to find a herma glue stick yesterday while I was shopping and it in deed said archival safe and acid free on it.

Thanks again for all the help!

Susanne

No problem Susanne...glad to be of help :o) I just took delivery of a parcel containing my two Herma permanent refills so I can put the re-positionable runner away again....yeah!!!! It works better on smooth, fine card & paper but is less effective with textured card.

When you brought this up the other day I used many different adhesives I have here...let them dry.....and used my acid testing pen and none of them showed up as acid. They included several Pritt products, 3M, Amos and I used normal and strong varieties where I had them. I believe that many of the manufacturers are now addressing the acid free issue.

OK. So it seems, like I can feel safe by using my glue :) Thanks again for your help!

Now the only thing else I need are some pens. Then I'm completly safe :) Zig-pens are so expensive over here. There must be alternatives... I'm on the hunt ;)

Susanne

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Susanne...go to your local stationery store and ask them for a pen that is archivally safe. The two that I use here are Staedtler (german made) pigment liners or Pigma Micron (by Sakura)....both have a fibre tip on them! I have three different thicknesses 0.1 & 0.5 & 0.8 - sometimes you want something thicker of finer but I mostly use the 0.5 tip for journalling, etc. HTH I am sure that you will find something less expensive that the Zig Writer system. While they are probably very good they are expensive because they are promoted for scrapbooking :o)

Pigma Micron Pens are available in 005 01 02 03 04 05 08 sizes and also in a range of colours in the 05 size, they are waterprrof, chemical and fade resistant. They are not widely available in the UK but if you let me know what area you are in I can try and find a local stockist, or you can try Memory Avenue on line as they keep most sizes.

Regards

Markingworld UK Dist for Sakura

Hi Craig...I got my Pigma from Memory Avenue, which is about 4 miles away but Susanne lives in Germany LOL As she is also new to scrapbooking and has limited access to supplies I am trying to give her alternatives that may be in her local stores :o) I am sure she appreciates your added info on the Pigma pens which may be available in Germany.

If she goes to

and contacts them there they will be able to say who the distributor for Germany is and should be able to track them down that way.

Regards

Craig

Brilliant Craig...I am sure that Susanne will appreciate the info on a website she can contact :o)