"I'll probably die in this room." LMAO I completely understand that. I have only recently found your channel on KZfaq and am loving what you're putting out there.... Keep up the fantastic work.

I have perfected the vinyl record cleaning method. First you smear a thin layer of spaghetti sauce on the record. Next you place the record in front of your dog's face and let him lick the record clean. The bigger the dog, the better the results.

MoFi inner sleeves for life! I've been sleeving my records with the disc behind the jacket for over a year from seeing your videos. So much more convenient and easier to gawk at colored vinyl lol

I started collecting vinyl again because I wanted the soundtracks to the Penny Dreadful series, and I could only find Season 1 on vinyl. I told myself it would be the only vinyl that I was going to buy. I told myself that almost 80 vinyl records ago. This video helps me a lot as I want to take care of my vinyl, so thank you.

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Love it, Dillon! Thanks for sharing your tips!

Super good tips!! “Record collecting is deeply personal.” Sooo true! Great tips on organizing your records. I tend to lose records in my own collection lol.

A good alternative to the Ikea shelves is the 13-inch Cube Storage System from Target. They have assorted sizes, and come in 5 different colors. You can have them shipped to your local Target store. A few months ago, they were on sale at 50 percent off. Perhaps they'll run that sale again some day. I have minimal woodwoorking skills, and and was able to do a couple modifications to improve them. I added additional dividers in the middle of each cube (making each section 6.5 inches wide instead of 13). That really helps to keep the records from leaning too much. Also, I attached 1/4-inch plywood to the rear. Besides providing a stopping place for the record, it also makes the unit much more stable.

Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy your videos!

Thanks for the great info. I’m starting to collect with my 15 year old son. He’s a classic rock guy just like me. We are having a great time with the hunt. We have about 100 records now so this video is exactly what we need. Now we can get our records cleaned up and stored properly. Thanks.

Excellent review and very informative, thank you !

I have sleeves now and just ordered my cleaning kit. Thanks Again for all the Great Advice!!!!

Thank you Dillon! I appreciate your tips!😀👌

Really enjoy your videos, especially when you say, “…but this is how I do it. “

I keep my record collection in a secret vault underneath a volcano

Good video man! I’ve just bought vinyl that I’ve run across that I liked. Never really cleaned them or put into new sleeves. Learned a lot from this. I love a worn out jacket just the smell and history of it. I need to learn more!

I think that vinyl storage solutions (from Canada) have outer sleeves with double pockets to store double LPs. Also, other solutions for gatefolds etc. I highly recommend their products. For now I just used their single pocket outers and 4mil inner rice-paper sleeves. Just perfect!

My go to sleeves are the SleevecityUSA resealable 3 mil outers, Mo-Fi original master anti-scratch inners, and I clean everything before playing it with a Spin Clean. I would love to get a machine like yours one day

Mr. Dillon - great video, 100% agreed on cleaning, handling, & sleeving. Two other things I do 1) European pressings - I’ll do a MoFi inner sleeve, but slip that into a generic cardboard outer sleeve, THEN slip all that behind the original Euro cardboard outer sleeve. Whole batch goes into a 3mil outer sleeve, protecting the record better & supporting that thinner Euro cardboard outer sleeve. 2) anything that’s hard to find goes into a generic cardboard sleeve. Takes up more room, but the extra security is worth it to me.

Great tip about the Kallax construction -- I immediately went to check mine, since I bought the shelving already assembled. Fortunately it's all correct but it's good to know.

Thanks man, this was fun👍I LOVE that cleaning machine..

Thx for the hot tip on the ikea storage, awesome...

Sweet new Tee! I’m going to have to order one.

For storage all genres together, alphabetized by band/artist or composer in the case of classical, band member side projects will go in with the main band unless their output is big, then it gets alphabatized under their moniker. Chronological ordered within the artist/composer. Box sets stored seperately in their own 'cubes'. Good old Ikea cubes in black.

Excellent Info!

Hey Dylan I finally adopted your record sleeve technique. The way you describe the regular way reminds me of that Mitch Hedberg joke about Pepperidge Farm bread: "I don't wanna have to open something and then open it again..."

Thanks Dylan! Great video... I would love to come across a decently priced ultrasonic cleaner for some of my first pressings... a little too expensive for my budget now though. I pretty much follow the same routine for new records with the inner and outer sleeves and storing in KALLAX units...

Thank you so much for making this 101. I have wanted to know how and why you package your records for some time.

Great video! I use a cleaner and make sure they are all in a cellophane inner sleeve. I do use the one they came in if its suitable - ie not paper! I also will use the outer sleeve they came in if its decent. Removing price stickers is a big thing for me. I also write out my own label which goes on the outer sleeve - tells the title, year of release (and pressing if a repress), cover and vinyl condition, and any other custom stuff (does it have the poster or original inner sleeve?). Total geek project but hey, its deeply personal! I also use alphabet/custom dividers which have made a big difference in being able to find an artist easily...

Love to see a video on whats in your punk cubes...

Great video!

awesome tips and tricks I think especially for beginners! One thing I'd like to add to the Kallax Part: Put the cartons in which your records come in the back of the shelf behind the records - that way the leaning of the whole shelf will reduce!

Thanks kidd-o! The horror of those collapsed record shelves sent shivers up my spine.

Amazing ep, always wondered what those sleeves are. And been thinking of investing in a record cleaner

GREAT VIDEO, THANKS

Boris Pink! Now THAT is a reason to store vinyl outside the sleeve. 🤘

Would love a video on your grunge and punk sections x

I saw Cactus perform a couple times. They had Tim Bogert from Vanilla Fudge on bass. Great group !!!

This mid-atlantic hillbilly cleans records (not vinyls) with the Vinyl-Styl cleaner. It has an "O"ring label cover that prevents the records(not vinyls) from coming in contact with the solution. It also uses brushes instead of felt, to reach in the grooves. Speaking of solution, I use the Spin-Clean solution. I do use a microfiber cloth to dry prior to inserting into drying rack. As for the sleeves, pretty much same as you, Dillon. Works for me!

I have a local recore store that cleans your vinyl for a price with the ultasonic and I don’t buy second hand anymore without going to them right after. Works wonders

I like your merch, they are cool.

I used to use the Disc Doctor fluids and brushes with a VPI 16.5, but I have switched to the Charles Kirmuss ultrasonic method - Dillon will know what I'm talking about.

Dillion, as the old guy in the room back in the day we had to clean our lp's with isopropyl alcohol and a white cloth. We did have the plastic outer sleeves for that albums but those inner sleeves you had to get them from a company that cut vinyl and they came in a box of 100 so you would get a friend to go in half with you. I still don't understand the concept of putting the album behind the cover. I need to see the track listing and who's on the album, ah the ole days.

i rent an apartment so I know someday I'll move so I keep my records in crates that fit into similar cube shelves as yours (from Staples). I take out the entire crate to flip through them. I have them set up by genre like jazz, blues, rock with similar artists together. I don't put them in alphabetical order or anything. Lately I've been putting the record(s) behind the cover in the same ploy sleeves you showed (the cheaper, thicker ones). I keep the openings of the outer sleeves on the right and point the opening of the inside sleeve up. As far as cleaning, I have a homemade manual vacuum setup that does the same thing but I also do a rinse with distilled water.

I just learned about putting the records outside the jacket in the sleeve and i have to agree that it's much cleaner and easier.

I grab the record, but with a microfiber cloth. I've dropped a few records holding the label and the edge. It makes it so much easier to remove it from the cover

My organization is super simple. I alphabetize within each Kallax cube. Last record purchased lives in the currently no full yet "next" cube. Each cube gets an ID/locator number and I track in Discogs and Collectorz software. Play the record and put it right back in the cube it came from. It would drive an outsider without a file or password to the software database nuts (because 30 KGLW records possibly could be in up to 30 different cubes).. But I NEVER have to shuttle the records around.

Great video Dillan. I've been sleeving my vinyl records, from the 1st time I saw how you sleeve yours. I have also ordered a record butler (a record mit ) for handling my records. If I have a gatefold double album, with a Killer Hype sticker. I will ever cut out the hype sticker & tape in the inside of the cleave sleeve or if it doesn't have any special artwork. I will leave the hype sticker on the original sleeve. Then I will sleeve, just like a single album. Hey, can ya do a video like equipment to buy ? Like record stabilizers, center hole remers, turntable mats, ect. To help us nubs lol out. Thanks & have a good one.

Dylan - once you go the custom shelf route - please post a video of how you made them or who made them for you please. I'd love to get plans or find a craftsman that makes them. Seen a few on Etsy, but they are crazy expensive.

One commenter here mentioned removing stickers. A product called UnDu works great for removing stickers, adhesive, goo, etc. and is very gentle. It dries quickly and leaves no stains or remnants. It is recommended and I have used it for removing scotch tape and goo from old photos. Can't tell it was ever there.

I store mine very similar to you, except I turn the inner sleeve 90 degrees so the record won't fly out unprotected if someone turns the upside down. I run all my records (new and used) through my HumminGuru. Amazing for the price

Sleeve City's double LP and box set sleeves are great. I used to try and fit gatefold lp's into regular sleeves and it was a pain. I buy their 5mil single and double sleeves on the regular.

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Kudos on another great, informative video! I hate to admit it, but when I was a young novice, I thought that cleaning a record with a damp Kleenex tissue and following up with a dry one was a great method! 😮

Love the Noble Bleach shirt 😃👍

Hey, I got Latin and Reggae in the same cube too.

I clean mine with a Pro-ject machine that works pretty much the same as what you have. Used to use the Vinyl Style inners, but recently found some on Amazon from a company called Hudson Hifi and they're exactly the same. Never used Mofo's, too much $ and they're also the same.

I like the new t-shirts man

Ultrasonic is great but that cleaner looked awesome

Hey Dillon--you have some of the best videos on this topic, but I was wondering if you'd ever experimented with Mylar outer sleeves? When I read it's what the Library of Congress uses, I had to try some for more valuable titles--I love their clarity and toughness, but there are definitely pros and cons. I'd love to hear your thoughts. I don't think anyone's ever done a video reviewing them.

Love that walnut Kallax. Bummed they discontinued it a few months back.

1. Sometimes if they have paper sleeves with art or something interesting, I’ll laminate it depending on the situation, especially like older somewhat yucky ones. It’s really nice and a cool way to enjoy the art, and not the stupid paper sleeves. Yep, I’m insane. 2. I have to clean the outer sleeves sometimes, especially on older records. There’s a few methods, that can actually entirely remove mold and mold smells if you happen to find an incredible treasure in someone’s basement. I Probably could make it’s own video on it, but I think there’d a few already 3. My husband says the best organizational system is what works for you lol. 4. What I can figure out to do with is my 10 inches! And my shapes! I have 40-50 unique shapes. Do I put them with the artists, or do I separate them. I have an issue how to store them too, I was told the vinyl plastic they come is bad, so I removed that. Right now I have them in my inner sleeves, in magazine organizers. But I’d like something cooler, I was thinking a binder possibly? I have NO idea. I also have picture discs, I have the same issue with. As well as 10 inches, they don’t fit into my 45 boxes, but seem weird elsewhere, I also only have a dozen or so, any ideas for these items? 5 Time to check my IKEA Shelves…..,.😮

Self-proclaimed credentials lie only within how an...(audiophile, record expert, etc)...handles their records. As a lifelong crate-digger myself, I think many longtimers could use a few views of the perfect demonstrations in this video. (Dillon: professor level, dude! 🙂)

I had a friend of mine build a set of shelves for my vinyl. He glued two very small strips of wood trim about a couple of millimeters in height and width, each a few inches from the front and back of the shelf. He explained that vinyl records should be slightly elevated from the surface so that only two points of the jacket meet the shelf and not the vinyl itself as the weight could place undo stress on the disc. It makes sense to me.

It would be interesting to see how you installed your cabinet lighting. Where the wires hidden, did you try front cabinet lighting etc? tks

You have to make sure to replace the brush and pads on the vacuum arm regularly and wipe dust/dirt off otherwise you'll actually damage the records in a way that might nit be ovious at first glance because the marks follow the grooves but usually very visible in the deadwax and also at times in the dullness (loss of gloss) of the surface.

Hard to beat the vpi but I keep hearing great things about the ultrasonic machines. We're probably gonna get one soon. Love the ham sandwich reference 🤣 We call that method the ole "pinch and pull" lol Great Video!!

Right 0n Man , Great Info :) QC

Dillon, I know we have probably seen them all throughout your videos but make one video showing all the grail records in the one cube. Would be cool to hear about them all again.

I buy blank covers to put in the outer sleeve with picture disks

I love that you say, this is what I do, but you do what you’re comfortable with, except how to take a record out. That’s how you should do it. I have records I purchased new in the 70’s and 80’s that are still in excellent condition because that’s how to handle a record.

I personally like to see the back of the album as well...some times the art is dope,and also that's where the songs are...I'd be willing to say a lot of us prop the record case up to display some how while listening,some times having the track list is nice...also sucks when your at a record store and they have the records like you do...yea,you can see the record,but if you don't know what the songs are you can only see one side of one record...then you gotta pull the record out anyway to read it...just my opinion and some food for thought.

I love how casually you pull out Alice In Chain OGs and promos LOL!!! You da' man Dillon!! lol. \m/

We need some merch shipping to the UK, need one of those T's

Do you ever use gatefold plastic sleeves? When I discovered them it was a real game changer for my 2 xLPs, as they allow you to remove the records without taking the whole album out of the plastic sleeve.

vinyl storage solution 100%! Get the 4 mil. A bit more expensive but damn worth the cost and Holy crap are the clear

That cleaner looks like the nuts! That would be nice. Organization always killed me. My collection is primarily soundtracks, so I have a soundtrack and non-soundtrack section and both are just alphabetized. Had to the same with my movies because when I tried to sort by genre, I had too many that crossed over into another.

Great tips and advice! I wish you were closer to me so that I could stop by at your shop. I live in California. I just started collecting records and I have a few that I ended up not liking. What can I do with those records? They aren't expensive records by any means.

Thats what i do with a double/gatefold. Ill put the record i listen to more often in the back and the second in between the gate where its still accessible. As for storing... im all over the place.. it started off alphabetical, now its only in order that i know where stuff is..

As a shop owner did you ever struggle with setting up your stock with stuff that you enjoy and you want to sell/would want to buy as opposed to popular stuff that people want to buy that you might not necessarily enjoy? eg, maybe you wanted your shop to be entirely psych and zamrock because that's your favourite stuff but that might not sell well compared to newer stuff.

Great video. I used the 'Invest In Vinyl' inner sleeves for a long time, but just for moved to the Hudson Hifi ones...I've noticed far less static build in those. Question on your Kallax...what do you use as a block to square your records to the front of the cubes? I see all kinds of things on FB and insta that are hyping their products, but I'm wary. I cut 1x2 pieces and used double stick tape, but they come loose often. Thanks for all the tips...and I love the shop. Split time between Chicago and Charlotte, and I try to come in every time I'm in town. ✌🏻️

For storage - do not use PVC outer sleeves. It's the same material as the records are made of, and off gassing causes decay and damage to the records. You want sleeves with no chlorine - this is critical; PVC stands for poly vinyl chloride, and it contains chlorine. Polyethylene is safe, for example.

Dylan, several videos back when you got your new house. You said you had a system for moving your records. If you have and easy way I would love to know. Thanks

Good video. How about a video on cleaning, and sleeving the vinyls in box sets?

I've been wanting to use those plastic mofi style sleeves for a while but a story I read put a crazy idea in my head that'll most likely never happen to me anyways. So the story goes like this: a guy had a huge valuable vinyl collection with most of the records in mofi sleeves and some in regular paper sleeves. A part of his house caught on fire and was close to the record room. The records didn't burn but the heat from the fire melted all the mofi sleeves into the grooves and the records in the paper sleeves were all fine. Obviously if my house is on fire I have way bigger issues than vinyl though 😂😂. I think I'm gonna buy some mofi sleeves now that I realize how insane this sounds. Collection vinyl sure is stressful 😅.

Great channel. I am curious about your thoughts on cleaning up the outer sleeves from stickers, tape, ink or other writing? Do you leave that stuff on or try to remove it? Also how do you repair split seams on the outer sleeves? Thanks.

Good video. Thanks. On your album sorting, one side of white music and the other side of non white music. Couldn’t resist. To each his own, I just go A thru Z, music is music. Again, to each his own (not breaking your chops)

What size sleeve did you use for the Boris Pink set? I have an O.G. Alice Cooper "Muscle of Love" with the carboard box I'd love to put in a sleeve. Thanks! Great helpful & informative video

If it’s a double album I’ll put both lp’s in the back. If it’s a triple album I put the lp’s in a separate outer sleeve from the cover. If it’s four lp’s or more I consider it a box set & keep them in the original box without an outer sleeve.

I absolutely LOATHE the concept of keeping the record stored outside of the jacket, personally. I know that it’s become a very popular method for many, but it’s for reasons that I will never agree with. But most of all, I hate the idea of covering up / blocking the back of the jacket, with an externally stored record. That being said, I completely agree with and respect that we all have our own particular preferences, and should do whatever works best for each of us, as individual collectors 🤘🏼🤘🏼

Anyone who loves coloured LPs what about Adele's latest Album in 180Grm Crystal Clear Vinyl but they might not be around for long and any reissue will be pressed from a mixture of Polytetrafluorethylene+Polycarbonate.

Hello,. I think it's worth a try here. I have some old records I'd like to sell, to a collector like you, but don't know how to go about it.

17:52 Ahhh!!! OCD overload there Dylan 😲

3M double sided tape to make a single sleeve a double sleeve, works great for me. Just need to keep the tape about 1/4" in from the edge, all 4 sides.

With big sets and box sets, I put the records in a separate dj sleeve and store it next to the box.

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Recommend Vinyl Storage Solutions, great products- full product line. Album cover clean with unscented baby wipes. More so when getting used records.

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I prefer a UCM and Spin Clean combo. For Inner sleeves, I avoid MOFI because they are not worth the money and they have paper inside, which I do not like. I buy these 4mil inners from MRS for now. I used to use nagaoka inners and then the diskeepers 2.0, but transferred to the ones I currently use. Outers I also get from the same place OR from Squaredeal.

Excellent. Thank you. Quick question the putter poly bags are presumably not pvc. I can’t recall the detail but we have to avoid this pvc I heard due to migration or something?