How do you cover your paperwallet?

[FatFork]

Many people don't realize that they can make engraved metal plates on their own. All you need is a stainless steel tile and a way to engrave or stamp letters on it. You can do this with power tools or with ordinary hand tools. For example, you can buy an Electric Micro Engraver Pen from Amazon or eBay for as little as $16.

If, thousands of years ago, people carved words in stone with a simple hammer and chisel, we can definitely do at least a little better in the 21st century.  


source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/8oikd5/cold_storage_idea/


EDIT:
Btw, don't bother importing this seed phrase into your wallet. There is nothing on it! (I checked.)

[cheezcarls]

When it comes to lamination, I wouldn't recommend it. Until now I still have a paper wallet with me for years and it still looks good because I've kept it in a "very safe" place.

A waterproof phone case would be a great idea as well courtesy of @DroomieChikito.

[TalkStar]

If, thousands of years ago, people carved words in stone with a simple hammer and chisel, we can definitely do at least a little better in the 21st century.  


source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/8oikd5/cold_storage_idea/

Not a bad idea at all . At least better than paper lamination. I have bad experiences with my moms educational papers which was laminated and most of the old lamination was broken. Maybe due to heat and pressure of lamination few lines were removed from some papers. I am not gonna suggeSt anyone to laminate their paper wallets.    

EDIT:
Btw, don't bother importing this seed phrase into your wallet. There is nothing on it! (I checked.)

It doesn't matter there is anything on it or not but i can tell you that some guys have already tried for multiple times.

[pixie85]

Hello I had collection paperwallet.

Does your guys have suggest to do cover paperwallet?

Does laminating it's good idea? I'm not sure about it, might that's could force the security password.

Sorry for not good language, wish you guys understand what's my point and reason why I've not good language.

Do not use laminating because the words can be very blurry to read, I suggest finding a safe box with key combinations to store such paper wallets or find a strong book and write the paper wallet recovery seed in between the book, I do this all the time

Are you sure about that? Are you speaking from experience? Lamination is a good way to protect paper from unintentional spills or greasy fingers.

All my documents are laminated and none of them are blurry. If it happens you can always cut the edges of the plastic with scissors and remove the plastic.

Nobody says that OP has to use a size 5 font for the seed.

[bob123]

Are you sure about that? Are you speaking from experience? Lamination is a good way to protect paper from unintentional spills or greasy fingers.

Usually, if the only person claiming something without any actual backup is just a random person on the internet... take it with a grain of salt.

I'm not sure why laminating a paper wallet would be any worse than not laminating it. I can't think of a good reason for that.

Further, he suggests to store the paper inside of a book. That is fine as long as he doesn't rely on it as a security fasctor.
But putting a laminated paper inside of the book wouldn't have any disadvantages.

[FatFork]

I'm not sure why laminating a paper wallet would be any worse than not laminating it. I can't think of a good reason for that.

There is a quote posted by khaled0111 that you probably missed.

this:

Unfortunately, lamination was once considered a viable conservation method (this is likely where lamination misconceptions originate) as it was thought to strengthen and protect fragile paper. Over time however, it was discovered that lamination is in fact destructive. Not only does the application of high heat and pressure damage documents, laminate plastics will also "off-gas," causing a chemical reaction with materials sealed inside. Furthermore, the adhesives used in lamination are typically acidic and can thus adversely affected inks, causing them to bleed beyond their edges ("halo" effect) in printed and written material. Each of these factors cause and/or accelerate the deterioration of paper documents.

I've had some experience with that. Inkjet ink may be more susceptible to exposure to glue or other agents in the lamination process.

[bob123]

There is a quote posted by khaled0111 that you probably missed.

Actually didn't know that!

I guess if you really want to preserve a document, laminating isn't the way to go.
But for a paper wallet which you might use once in a while, that's fine as long as its not the only backup (which it never should be) or as long as the other backups are preserved with a more appropriate method.