Thanks for the advice and kind words, Sean. And you're absolutely right, of course, I should count my blessings that I still have all that wonderful music to enjoy.
Is there way to stop mold due to water damage?
What a fool I was! Two thirds of my record collection was on the floor against an outside wall. Bad idea. In the space of just a few days, they absorbed moisture as much as half-way up their jackets and, in many cases, didn't just start to rot, but melded together. Alas, my record collection, begun as a youth, is, for the most part, no longer collectable.
I've obtained a Nitty Gritty and have begun the laborious task of cleaning the mold/mildew off all the vinyl. Here's how I'm restoring them: I've "dried out" the albums as best I could by putting them on "open" racks made with 2x4s with open spaces in the bottom and running fans at them with the air conditioning on as a dehumidifier. Then, I use Last Power Cleaner with a fresh applicator on each one. Next, I put them each through the Nitty Gritty. After that, I put on Last preservative. Finally, I put them all in new non-porous inner sleeves, as well as, putting the record in a new plastic jacket.
Is there anything else I should be doing? Specifically, is there some way to further arrest the jackets' deterioration? Oh, and don't feel sorry for me. I've never used Power Cleaner or a record cleaning machine before and my LPs have never sounded better! And, it's the music that matters, right? (I tell myself that over and over.)
I've obtained a Nitty Gritty and have begun the laborious task of cleaning the mold/mildew off all the vinyl. Here's how I'm restoring them: I've "dried out" the albums as best I could by putting them on "open" racks made with 2x4s with open spaces in the bottom and running fans at them with the air conditioning on as a dehumidifier. Then, I use Last Power Cleaner with a fresh applicator on each one. Next, I put them each through the Nitty Gritty. After that, I put on Last preservative. Finally, I put them all in new non-porous inner sleeves, as well as, putting the record in a new plastic jacket.
Is there anything else I should be doing? Specifically, is there some way to further arrest the jackets' deterioration? Oh, and don't feel sorry for me. I've never used Power Cleaner or a record cleaning machine before and my LPs have never sounded better! And, it's the music that matters, right? (I tell myself that over and over.)
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