| Keeping Vinyl Records in Top Shape [message #65551] |
Tue, 04 January 2011 11:05  |
Jorel
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Registered: November 2010
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I inquired about buying vinyl records and its player on another thread. Now that I have an idea on what to buy, I would like to know the proper storage of these records for them to remain in top condition.
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| Re: Keeping Vinyl Records in Top Shape [message #65565 is a reply to message #65551] |
Tue, 04 January 2011 21:30  |
Adveser
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Registered: July 2009
Location: USA
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*They will probably start warping at anything over 90 degrees.
*They sell plastic record sleeves that are about 25 bucks for like 50 of them I think. I like them and have all my records in them. You lose the paper feeling of flipping through them, but a spilled drink doesn't ruin the artwork. I like to write stuff on the plastic sleeves.
*they like being stored on their sides, not flat.
*I recommend plan old dish soap and a sponge, though you'll probably have to release the static charge this might build. They make brushes for that.
*The 1980's saw the release of really thin, tightly packed grooves called "dynaflex." Avoid these if at all possible. They will skip and warp easily and tend to have a thin range in my experience from being compressed.
http://adveser.webs.com/
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| Re: Keeping Vinyl Records in Top Shape [message #65606 is a reply to message #65602] |
Thu, 06 January 2011 21:50 |
Adveser
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Registered: July 2009
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| Jorel wrote on Thu, 06 January 2011 20:11 | | Adveser wrote on Tue, 04 January 2011 21:30 |
*they like being stored on their sides, not flat.
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I never thought that vinyl records needed to be stored in this way. Why is it that we need to store the records on their sides? My grandfather stored like this with his records but I never bothered to ask.
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Ventilation. They will warp even at modest temperature if there is weight on them. Part of the record will hang with the force of gravity if stacked on top of each other.
http://adveser.webs.com/
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