Hi Louis V! To you and your viewers please don't forget about those horrible PVC sleeves that chemically react to the PVC in the vinyl and irrepealably damage your LP's. An example would be those semi-thick sleeves that picture discs come in - these are also present in some of the mid-2000's box sets (sometimes an off pink color) - a common example is the Led Zeppelin Mothership box set - if anyone has that set replace those ASAP with good MoFi or similar inner sleeves with the rice paper. Thanks for another great video!
GREAT tip! Those PVC sleeves have to go! I save mine and put a removable sticker on them so I know what album they came from. I use the notes field in Discogs to note that the record originally came with a PVC sleeve. Therefore, if I ever sell the record, I have the original packaging and can easily find it. 😉
Lots of great commonsense tips, thank you. I buy a lot of secondhand records and its surprising the amount of dust and tobacco smoke, etc on them. I find a good enzyme cleaner gets rid of all that coupled with a good rinse in distilled water. No harsh cleaning needed. I keep a set of white cotton gloves next to my turntable for handling records to avoid fingerprints etc. I also run a air purifier in my record library to reduce dust within the room. Record collecting soothes my OCD with all its ritual and order.😊
As a kid growing up in the 70's and 80's I can recall many caked on dusty records sitting exposed on a turntable for days then getting played with accumulating dust particles on the needle which can eventually lift the stylus from the groove making a awful distortion sound. It was a very distinctive, obvious distortion indicating a large clump of dust on the needle. Something that never happens anymore since I take better care of my records at being completely dust free.
The nostalgia… I too recall not caring as much about dust build up on a record. We tossed them around, unsleeved, stacked them high, and basically abused them. If only I could go back to my younger self and tell myself to treat them better and never get rid of them. Ah well. Those were different times then. Lessons learned I suppose😉
Hey there. Should a vinyl collector also avoid buying or owning something like one of those suitcase type record players which some people will chew up your vinyl records?😀 Thank you!😀
Great question! There’s a lot of debate whether any amount of iso alcohol can affect the PVC used in vinyl records. Some claim that as long as the mixture is under 0.5% it will not have a problem. The other consideration is how quickly iso alcohol evaporates and if it lasts long enough to have a positive impact. With so much uncertainty, and arguments that can support either side, I personally stay away from using iso alcohol. My preference for cleaning fluid is GrooveWasher’s product line. I’ve manually cleaned countless records with their solution and have never had a negative experience. For more information, check the link in the video description. Hope this helps! Happy spinning!
Annoying! You talk to your viewers like there 8 years old!! Don’t leave your records in the sun? Don’t touch your records with your dirty hands??? Thanks Dad!!!!
@@VinylLatte I'll tell you something that a lot of collectors do which is one of the dumbest things and that is stacking your vinyls all the way up to the ceiling. And that's the bottom line cause Stone Cold said so (from 976-CREOLEMAN)!
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Hi Louis V! To you and your viewers please don't forget about those horrible PVC sleeves that chemically react to the PVC in the vinyl and irrepealably damage your LP's. An example would be those semi-thick sleeves that picture discs come in - these are also present in some of the mid-2000's box sets (sometimes an off pink color) - a common example is the Led Zeppelin Mothership box set - if anyone has that set replace those ASAP with good MoFi or similar inner sleeves with the rice paper. Thanks for another great video!
GREAT tip! Those PVC sleeves have to go! I save mine and put a removable sticker on them so I know what album they came from. I use the notes field in Discogs to note that the record originally came with a PVC sleeve. Therefore, if I ever sell the record, I have the original packaging and can easily find it. 😉
Lots of great commonsense tips, thank you. I buy a lot of secondhand records and its surprising the amount of dust and tobacco smoke, etc on them. I find a good enzyme cleaner gets rid of all that coupled with a good rinse in distilled water. No harsh cleaning needed. I keep a set of white cotton gloves next to my turntable for handling records to avoid fingerprints etc. I also run a air purifier in my record library to reduce dust within the room. Record collecting soothes my OCD with all its ritual and order.😊
Thanks for sharing your tips!! 🙌
Good informative video, even the obvious can be overlooked
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you found the video helpful. It’s always great to hear that the content resonates!
Excellent video.
Thank you very much!
As a kid growing up in the 70's and 80's I can recall many caked on dusty records sitting exposed on a turntable for days then getting played with accumulating dust particles on the needle which can eventually lift the stylus from the groove making a awful distortion sound. It was a very distinctive, obvious distortion indicating a large clump of dust on the needle. Something that never happens anymore since I take better care of my records at being completely dust free.
The nostalgia… I too recall not caring as much about dust build up on a record. We tossed them around, unsleeved, stacked them high, and basically abused them. If only I could go back to my younger self and tell myself to treat them better and never get rid of them. Ah well. Those were different times then. Lessons learned I suppose😉
There's some great advice in this video for all vinyl lovers.
Thanks mate! 🙌
Hey there. Should a vinyl collector also avoid buying or owning something like one of those suitcase type record players which some people will chew up your vinyl records?😀 Thank you!😀
Hi there! I cover that very topic on this video 👉 th-cam.com/video/cWVA4XXPBPE/w-d-xo.html
Can vinyl be cleaned with a diluted isopropyl alcohol solution ?
Great question! There’s a lot of debate whether any amount of iso alcohol can affect the PVC used in vinyl records. Some claim that as long as the mixture is under 0.5% it will not have a problem. The other consideration is how quickly iso alcohol evaporates and if it lasts long enough to have a positive impact. With so much uncertainty, and arguments that can support either side, I personally stay away from using iso alcohol.
My preference for cleaning fluid is GrooveWasher’s product line. I’ve manually cleaned countless records with their solution and have never had a negative experience. For more information, check the link in the video description.
Hope this helps! Happy spinning!
There is no such thing as a dust free environment.
True. Best effort applies! 😉
Annoying! You talk to your viewers like there 8 years old!! Don’t leave your records in the sun? Don’t touch your records with your dirty hands??? Thanks Dad!!!!
Anytime 👍
There should be 'their'. A well educated 8 year old would know this
You really needed to tell us this stuff?
These tips are aimed at beginners. I have an advance series coming soon 😉
@@VinylLatte I'll tell you something that a lot of collectors do which is one of the dumbest things and that is stacking your vinyls all the way up to the ceiling. And that's the bottom line cause Stone Cold said so (from 976-CREOLEMAN)!