A WORD ON VINYL CARE!!!

How to clean records properly, a photo essay

binger0 wrote:http://flickr.com/photos/vinylmine/sets/286023/

Good LOOKIN' BINGER....................................


http://flickr.com/photos/vinylmine/sets/286023/

ALSO IF U Didn't Catch this THE AIR CANS Are Often Demagnitizers Meanin' they're GREAT At REMOVIN' Electro Static (NON-Dust Static)
on RECORDS.........................

http://www.turntablebasics.com/cleaners.html

im ordering that 20$ kit this weekend

THAS' DA MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is it ok to keep records stashed in a cold garage? i got so many at my old mans yard cos my apartment isn't big enough and i'm worried with winter coming if they'll be ok? they're boxed but only in flimsy office archive boxes

thx

Paul R wrote:is it ok to keep records stashed in a cold garage? i got so many at my old mans yard cos my apartment isn't big enough and i'm worried with winter coming if they'll be ok? they're boxed but only in flimsy office archive boxes

thx

The Short Answer IS YES AND NO..............................


The Problem is 2 FOLD WARPING AND WATER CONDENSATION...........


U Can Do This Possibly For The Short TERM But I Wouldn't Trust More Than 1 to 2 months MAX................


Warping Will Come From Uneven Boxes or (Horizontal) Stackin U Can Minimize this some By Propperly Stackin Ala Library book style or (VERTICAL).............


Now U Cannot Stop the Fact that cold will Lead to Condensation and Condensation will Lead to WATER DAMAGE...............



Trust ME I HAVE SOME WHACK EXPERIENCE On THIS................

COVERS WILL GET WRINKLED AND MOLDY AND SO WILL THE VINYL.....


U Can Prolong this A Little BY USING ONLY PLASTIC INNER SLEEVES AND OUTER PROTECTIVE SLEEVES BUT THIS IS ONLY FOR LIKE I SAID 1 to 2 Months 3 will be Riskin' it........................




TRUST THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

funny u should reply i'm actually moving them to my bro's house this weekend, we've had an early winter and the covers are already wrapping round the vinyl, the way it is now i can't sleep at night

My Bad I Didn't See the Post Date..But YEAH itz Not A Good Look IN The COLD..................

What kind of effects does water damage have on vinyl exactly?

NONE ON THE VINYL.............................


PLAINLY BUT IF THE ENTIRE RECORD IN SLEEVE HETS WET UR IN TROUBLE....................


1. Stuck SLEEVES

2. MOLD


ETC..................



IT CAN GET VERY UGLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



TRUST THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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I'm all about that windex. S4its cheap and everywhere

squareSOUL wrote:I'm all about that windex. S4its cheap and everywhere

Windex IZ KOOL FOR A Basic Clean But Some Times U Want MORE.........


Plus There IZ Some Derivitve of ammonia in there SO BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!!!

this is a great link to really awesome and cheap record cleaner you can formulate yourself and feel like a real mad scientist while doing it. super easy.

http://www.soundstage.com/synergize/synergize041998.htm

this came from this dudes site:

http://www.theaudioanalyst.com/

he also has a good article on warped lps and how to fix them:

http://www.theaudioanalyst.com/unwarp.htm

what about lysol disinfectant wipes? they look like they wont be damagin anything to much and should clean and disinfect... and we got a bunch around the house

is there any way to fix warped records? cuz once in a while i grab a record and dont notice its warped till i get home and play it

ez

shaythamc wrote:what about lysol disinfectant wipes? they look like they wont be damagin anything to much and should clean and disinfect... and we got a bunch around the house

is there any way to fix warped records? cuz once in a while i grab a record and dont notice its warped till i get home and play it

ez

CHECK THOSE LINKS ABOVE...............U'll get UR Answers There......




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GOOD STUFF...............................................



ESPECIALLY THE WARP REPAIR.....................