My Guide on How to Protect Your Miniatures from Environmental Effects at Home
You’ve bought your favorite puzzle kit, you’re almost done assembling it… and suddenly you remember that you live with a restless cat who loves to jump on shelves and knock things down.
Maybe you’re now wondering how you can protect your creations from situations like this and other types of damage, so your miniatures can stay in their original form for as long as possible.
If that sounds like you, then this little guide is just for you.
- Get a special cabinet with transparent doors.
It will protect your miniatures completely from dust, humidity, and curious pet paws.
Cons:
You’ll need to find space for it in your home.
Such cabinets are usually quite expensive.
But if that doesn’t bother you, you can get one and store all the things that are truly precious to you inside.
- Don’t want to spend money on a whole cabinet?
There’s a smaller alternative for each puzzle — a protective display case.
It allows you to place your miniatures anywhere without worrying about outside damage.
You can get one in official Robotime, Rolife, or ROKR online stores.
- The most budget-friendly option — tapes or double-sided adhesive for surfaces.
They’re sold almost everywhere and cost very cheap. You attach one side to the figure and the other directly to the shelf. This method helps prevent your miniatures from falling.
Cons:
You won’t be able to easily remove the miniature from the shelf it’s attached to, which makes cleaning harder.
There’s another type of tape with a Velcro side. This lets you remove an object for cleaning and then put it back in place.
- What if you have no glass cabinet, no display case, and no tape?
Place the figure as high as possible so pets can’t reach it.
Make sure your pet has no access to the upper shelves.
Clean regularly, since this method of storage leads to a lot of dust buildup on figures.
Use a duster — it will gently and carefully remove dust from the surface.
Which storage option do you like best?
Option 1 seems best to me, to protect all the buildings. I just built a new cabinet to store my buildings in.
All my miniatures are squeezed in between books and other things. Some are packed in so tightly that I can’t even put a box over them to protect them from dust, so I just let them be! 
Great post and learn a lot from your " How to" suggestions.
Thank you for the advice!
