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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 518.1 | long as the roof doesn't leak :-) | NEMAIL::CARROLLJ | the man, the legend, the satyr | Fri Oct 08 1993 21:50 | 12 |
| Re -.1
Well, if it's a valuable collection, you might want to think about
using a special offsite storage company ( it's what I do here for DEC )
- depends on the company, but they would supply a container, and would
store it in a special temperature and humidity controlled vault.
usually the prices for this are pretty reasonable - $30.00 - $40.00 per
box per year, so I think it might be worth it for rare/unique vinyl
discs - otherwise, your plan sounds just fine . . .
Jim
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| 518.3 | ? | RANGER::WESTERVELT | | Tue Nov 09 1993 15:53 | 12 |
| > <<< Note 518.2 by SUBPAC::MARTEL >>>
>
> Stack vertically, not horizontally, and remove all shrink wrap.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You mean those plastic slipcovers I bought are a *bad* idea?
I did remove the shrinkwrap (which the albums came in) but I
use the plastic covers to protect the album jackets. I heard
once that the shrinkwrap can cause your records to warp,
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| 518.4 | | TAMRC::LAURENT | Hal Laurent @ COP | Tue Nov 09 1993 16:03 | 11 |
| re: .3
> Stack vertically, not horizontally, and remove all shrink wrap.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>You mean those plastic slipcovers I bought are a *bad* idea?
The plastic slipcovers should be fine. The reason for removing the
shrinkwrap is to prevent warpage, but the plastic slipcovers shouldn't
be a problem in this regard.
-Hal
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| 518.5 | shrink wrap NAY, slipcovers YEAH | CSLALL::WEWING | | Tue Nov 09 1993 16:25 | 9 |
| by plastic slipcovers, i assume you mean you replaced
the paper sleeve that the vinyl record was in with
paper and plastic envelopes. that was SOP for
vinyl - o - philes.
i agree that you have to get rid of the plastic 'shrink wrap'
that was around the cardboard record 'box'.
willie
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| 518.6 | Old wives' tale? | CSLALL::NASEAM::READIO | A Smith & Wesson beats four aces, Tow trucks beat Chapman Locks | Tue Nov 09 1993 16:53 | 8 |
| I almost never remove the plastic shrink covers from my albums and I have
well over 800. I slit the cover and slip out the record.
If the shrink wrap starts to shrink more, it usually rips and I trash it.
Otherwise, I leave it on to protect the jacket.
None of my albums have warped because the shrink wrap was still in the
outside and many are 10 to 20 years old.
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| 518.7 | | CUPMK::T_THEO | Look Twice, Save a Life | Tue Nov 09 1993 16:58 | 10 |
|
Absolutely store them in a verticle position, packed loosely, not
forcefit. As far as temperature, obvious extremes should be avoided
as well as radical changes from one extreme to the other and of course,
direct sunlight.
The shrink-wrap theory is a wifestale (sp?). It's not the shrink-wrap
it's the temperature.
Tim
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| 518.8 | | CUPMK::T_THEO | Look Twice, Save a Life | Tue Nov 09 1993 17:02 | 2 |
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Notes collision.
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| 518.9 | | MANTHN::EDD | Look out fellas, it's shredding time... | Tue Nov 09 1993 17:40 | 9 |
| The truly anal retentive will store their vinyl vertically and rotate
the disks 90 degrees every 6 months.
Vinyl apparently retains it's "liquidity" long after it appears to be
solid, so if you don't rotate all the vinyl ends up on the bottom.
I didnn't make this up.
Edd
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| 518.10 | yeah, I know, copyright and all that | EZ2GET::STEWART | Life is a contact sport! | Tue Nov 09 1993 17:53 | 6 |
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I've heard that, too. Maybe I'll just sell the damn things and get it
over with. Anybody got a DAT deck for sale, cheap?
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| 518.11 | ... slowly ... | NACAD::HERTZBERG | History: Love it or Leave it! | Tue Nov 09 1993 20:57 | 3 |
| It's true. The windows in your house do the same thing. Would be
funny to see time lapse photography over a few millenia to watch them
get installed and just drip away.
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