Cleaning DIRTY records

I was helping a friend move and I found a couple of boxes of vinyl in his garage. I asked how much he wanted for them and he asked how much did I want to take them. I took them to the crib and these joints are DIRTY! I couldn't even get through one box because I was getting nauseaous. The jackets are filthy, moldy, and stuck together, but the vinyl appears to be tight. What should I do to get to these gems without hurling everytime? How should I go about cleaning 'em?

I know there have been posts about just being dirty, but what about the mold and mildew? Are they saveable or should I toss em out?

iono bout the sleeves but mixed rubbing alcohol and water together....NOT TOO MUCH ALCOHOL!!!! it can warp it

wip on and wip off

Thanx, I'll try it out.

mr. clean magic eraser Works wonders on grime.

theres a sticky about it to...its like 8 pages of suggestions

Tha S-ence wrote:theres a sticky about it to...its like 8 pages of suggestions

YO,sizzahanz73


CHECK MY STICKY ON "VINYL CARE" ................




HERE IZ A HEADS UP................





FIRST OF ALL GET AN APPROX. Count on The VINYL................



1. Go TO AN OPEN SPACE I.E. A PARK ETC......(Don't WAKE THAT DUST and MOLD INDOORS)


2. GET LOTS OF TRASH NEWSPAPER FOR SETTING UP EVERYTHING......
also GET CLEAN WHITE COPY/Printing Paper (8 X 11 may DO BUT 11 X 17 IZ Perfect).........These Sheets CLEAN ARE PLACIN' UR CLEANED VINYL ON.........


3. GET some RUBBER GLOVES........


4. U'LL NEED SOME BLANK CARDBOARD OUTER JACKETS as well as Paper Sleeve INSERTS...................(To Place UR CLEAN VINYL IN AFTER THEY DRY)


5. Ull want a BOX OF Trash BAGS for The ol' MOLDY SLEEVES n JACKETS.......


6. U Can GET A 99. Marker TO MARK UR Jackets so GET WHITE CARDBOARD NOT BLACK............


7. Well U HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE NOW GET BUSY................................





GOOD LUCK

I HOPE THIS HELPZ......................


and


LEMME KNOW HOW IT GOES.........................




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TO KILL MOLD AND THAT FUNGUS SHLT I USE LYSOL SPRAY AND SRAY THE COVERS AND SLEEVES IT HELPS KILL THAT SHLT, I ALSO HAVE POSTED UP MY TECHNIQUES THAT I USE AND HAVE BEEN USING FOR MANY MANY YRS AND THEY WORK , JUST SEARCH IT UP ON THERE.

CHECK THEY STicky up top this forum

Good looking MPC and EDE, the mold/mildew was the main thing I was worried about. I had checked the sticky, but I was still unsure about the mildew issue. I'm getting the new jackets today and will be getting dusty this week!

Thanx