I have been making great progress for the past few days, the new Billy, new Expedite, and right in the middle of all that, a new idea came to me on how to improve my dust shield.  Dust is the one of the greatest enemies of collectors in general, whether it is China dishes, or Japanese Anime Figurines; it doesn’t matter, dust is still the one of the greatest threat to all of us.

I have discussed how I use 3M film to protect my figurine collection from dust, but there was always a big flaw in my original plan.  The fact that I leave the bottom edge open for easy access has led to some figurines being covered in dust due to air draft from some of my computers.  As anyone who has done failure mode analysis would tell you, prevention is always weighted more importantly than detection.  Cleaning the dust after you see them is in no way as effective as preventing the dust from accumulating in the first place.  It’s also my believe that dust get attracted to object because of the charged ion in the air within indoor environment.  Conventionally, you would use a brush to brush off the dust, but that alone could generate static charge on the surface that ended up attracting the dust again.  Have you ever gotten the feeling why you can’t quite brush the dust off?

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My new idea involves using another common household product.  I am sure most of you are familiar with Velco straps, but this is a little different, it’s call Tech-Tape Tak-Tape.  It’s thinner and has less strength but it’s perfect for what I am trying to do here.

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First I pull off two strips of equal length that are long enough to cover the lower edge of the dust shield and tape them together.

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Next I apply double sided tape to both sides of the tech tape Tak-Tape assembly.

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The apply the combined strip to the dust shield.

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And here is the result!

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