Vinyl LP Jacket Repair & Resurrection!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2019
- Can an ex-library record jacket - covered in stickers, a security tag, and an old fashioned card pocket - be repaired and resurrected to look shiny and clean? Find out in this Vinyl Community video. Enjoy! And thanks for watching.
If I ever pay any visit to the 41st Ave. Capitola CA public shopping mall Target, you know very well that I still see these black vinyls in their cardboard record jacket albums. They never went out of style. I also wish to start seeing tape cassettes again in this store. 🛍 😅 😍 🙄 😆 😬 🛍
Been using lighter fluid for 40 years and a scraper, works on about 95%. Goo gun takes the colour off covers, avoid. Hairdryer can work on some non lighter fuel 'friendly' glue. Oddly just water can assist at times. Over the years you get to know the sticker/glue variations pre intervention.
Hi, Mike! Thanks for watching and commenting. Greatly appreciated! Skol, Jeff
Nice demo. That metal spatula scares me a little. Maybe a plastic one instead??
Thanks! Agreed - Definitely need a plastic scraper. Thanks for watching and commenting! Skol, Jeff
There are plastic scrapers available that would have been a better choice .
Hi Jeff, try next time WD-40 to remove stickers. Greetings from Netherlands.
Evening Jeff. I’m so pleased you are making video’s again. I’m sure i’m not the only viewer to have missed you, so WELCOME BACK. With regards to cleaning record cover’s, I have used lighter fluid for many years. I literally put it onto the sticker and wait until it starts to lift. Sometimes it takes a few soaks but usually the sticker comes off easily. It does work better on the “shiny” covers but even on the more paper/cardboard based covers although it looks worrying when the fluid soaks into the paper it does always dry out and leaves (up to now) no stains. If there is a slight residue of the glue left I just rub a little bit more of the fluid onto it with my finger then clean the whole cover with wet wipes (sorry but I don’t know what wet wipes are called in America but it’s the given name here in England) anyway, all in all, I do swear by using lighter fluid, I even use it on the jewel cases of second hand cd’s that I buy. Anyway, before I leave, thanks for all the informative video’s you have posted recently and in the past. I happened upon your channel due to cleaning 78’s which I love to collect too and I really appreciated your video as I was at a loss as to how to go about cleaning the filthy dirty and very beautiful records I was finding. Happy collecting Jeff. Keep safe, have fun and STAY IN THE GROOVES 😀 best wishes, Floss.
Floss, thank you so much for watching and commenting. Greatly appreciated! Glad my 78 cleaning video was helpful. So much fun, the hobby of 78 collecting! And thanks for the tip on using lighter fluid to remove stickers from CD covers. I had not thought of that. Thriftstores here use nasty stickers that are really hard to remove. I have many CDs marred by them. So - will attack them with the lighter fluid!! Thanks again. Skol, Jeff
Always, always, always... use the LEAST aggressive method of removal first. Try straight water first. Soaking a small cloth with water and leaving it on the library pocket for 30 minutes will usually be sufficient enough to remove the bulk of the paper pocket, leaving the underlaying adhesive to be removed.
Surprisingly, regular old human saliva, being acidic, will soften or even remove many older library adhesives.
If that doesn't work try isopropyl alcohol as being the next aggressive solvent to try.
Regular liquid lighter fluid will remove that library barcode sticker quite readily if you gently start to pry up a corner with a small X-Acto #11 blade. Use a small, inexpensive disposable bristle paintbrush to add a small amount of lighter fluid at a time, gently peeling the label as you proceed. Done this way, the lighter fluid is seldom in contact with the underlaying paper surface for more than a few seconds and generally won't remove any of the printing inks.
And you should NEVER work from an open bowl of lighter fluid liquid or other solvent. Lighter fluid is highly flammable (duh) as well as being toxic - even in relatively small quantities - when inhaled over repeated sessions. Work with a small brush from a small, closed-neck bottle, applying the lighter fluid as you go. Besides, leaving the lighter fluid in an open dish or bowl will cause it to evaporate rapidly leaving you - and your furnace or water heater pilot flames - in a potentially explosive situation. REMEMBER... LIGHTER FLUID FUMES ARE HEAVIER THAN AIR - THEY WILL SINK TO THE FLOOR AROUND YOUR FEET AND FORM A CLOUD THERE - SOMETHING DISASTROUS IF YOU'RE WORKING IN YOUR BASEMENT OR NEAR OPEN FLAMES.
And wear GLOVES! Almost all solvents are readily absorbable through your skin.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Skol! Jeff
I use a hairdryer quite often to remove stickers and tape. I have found that occasionally a sheet of something like Clorox Disinfectant Wipes can go a long way to loosen paper stickers on an LP cover. I use the disinfectant wipes on nearly all of my LP covers when cleaning. It always dries clear and I have never seen any stains from using them. Some of the absolute worse stuff to remove from an LP cover is dried up old paper masking tape. Especially if the cover has a matte finish. I love those laminated glossy LP covers, they are so much easier to clean. Enjoyed seeing your cleaning and restoration process. Thanks.
Thanks for the tip, Topper. Have never tried the wipes on sticker. Will give it a try. Thanks for watching and commenting! Skol, Jeff
Clorox Disinfectant Wipes, are we talking bleach free wipes?
@@johnt1276 Yes! Clorox is a brand name. I would never use bleach for cleaning record sleeves. There are multiple brands that produce bleach free disinfectant wipes. I use them quite often when I am cleaning used records.
I'd heard peanut butter and WD-40 works pretty good to for the tackiness. I don't mind a little staining over a big honking sticker.
Hello, Culture Fan! Really!? peanut butter and WD-40? Never would have throat of that. I agree, a little staining/damage is preferable over all those stickers. Thanks for watching and commenting. Greatly appreciated! Skol, Jeff
Such an improvement over all of the stickers. I've never tried the hairdryer. When using it close to the edge did you notice any of the glue loosing on the actual jacket? After removing stickers the frustrating part is always the bit of residue stickiness that is left. I'll have to try your head oil method and using the q-tip/lighter fluid. I've used a product called Un-Do for some time with some success but more times then not there is that slight residue left. This was informative and enjoyable. Thanks Jeff! Skol! (ha, beat you to it 😀) Take care! -Bill
Hey, Bill! In anger to your question: in one spot the lamination on the jacket pulled up a bit. Didn't come off, but did pull up. Look like a small bubble there. At the time, I assumed that was from "sticker pull". But, you may have a point. Might have been from the heat of the hair dryer. Not sure. May have gotten too close or kept it one place for too long. I've used Un-Du before, as well. Had the same problem that you described. The lighter fluid worked much better. Took all the stickiness off. Especially when I dipped a rag in the lighter fluid and wiped the jacket with that. Thanks for watching and commenting. Greatly appreciated! SKOL! Jeff
Is there a way to fix or minimize shelf wear? The edges on the jacket have become flaky due to shelf wear. Is there a solution? Like glue to stiffen it back up?
This might help: th-cam.com/video/-f_n6dDjzKE/w-d-xo.html
Please please vinyl is what records are made off, do you have a vinyl player, a vinyltable? No CD's but lots of acrylics? Remember Vinyl is a seedy magazine found in the back room or under the counter. So it must be a vinyl jacket or a vinyl sleeve NO!!!!!