wood glue? nooooo.... !!!! use Vinyl Shelter cleaning fluid. Plastic sleeves? nooooo use polythene sleeves.

Cool

Nice .Time well spent. I like it . Thanks for taking the time to share the process in a video.

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before vs before 😂

how can you pay the wood glue afterwards? wouldn't there be peaks instead of grooves?

I tried this method and does improve wrinkled and bent sleeves and covers. But I used the parchment paper tip as well. So put a piece of parchment paper over the sleeve or cover so your not ironing directly on the sleeve but the heat goes through.

Never ever use Scotch tape. Never ever ever ever!

HI everybody where I can find a ready-made file or something similar that can help me to create/modify and replace the spines of vinyl covers? I saw the video but I don't know how to do it in practice. Can someone help me? Thank you so much Fabio

Sir I love the way you think out of the box and I thank you for sharing your tips!!! Having said that aside from cleaning up the jacket and record, my goal is always to leave everything in like new condition as much as possible without making permanent modifications. Think of what they might do in a museum… clean up and restore but make no modifications. I leave the original inner sleeve inside the jacket… put the jacket in its own plastic sleeve, put the record in a plastic inner sleeve and then put that next to the jacket in the jacket’s sleeve. My records never go in the original jacket ever again but I have all of the original sleeves and jacket to admire for the rest of my days. I’m just giving food for thought, and thank you again for sharing your tips

Oh heck no on the tape usage, why not use double sided tape on the inside on the jacket at the seams? And for the cleaning the outside of the jackets I go a bit gentler, how about baby wipes and dry it off with the microfiber towel? Just the same thank you for sharing your tips!! And Please stop using the tape on the outside of the jacket, you’re hurting my eyes lol

This gotta be the dumbest way to add to the process to clean plastic acetates vinyl records. do not do this BS. This guy probably hates his records … trust the source guys… why would anybody lie to you ???

I use pitt stick which is good and you dont need tape

Great series of videos. Thanks for doing the in depth series.

Oh no... place the tape on the inside of the sleeve, slide it in on a tip of a knife or something similar, as for the tops, again the plain inside, using the edge of a small ruler, then trim off excess tape with scissors...

6.40 - That's a disaster waiting to happen!!

I use these plastic inner sleeves but place them inside the white paper sleeves (or printed inner sleeve, if it has one) to give it extra protection and so it's not as flimsy on its own. No glue used, though.

No Chance!

Putting tape on a record sleeve is not preserving it, is just damaging it! Keep the original sleeve apart & the record in a new plain sleeve and then both together in a plastic sleeve (not PVC), this is the way!

You use way too much glue too

For the love of God.... Don't use a credit card. Just fold a paper towel till it's about an inch wide. You'll NEVER damage the record that way. Less mess too.

Pre washing is a waste of time

Been doing this forever,use the iron on steam,works great,also works on back cover of CDs when they get damp and out of shape at car boots,garage sales,use a steam iron put a piece of printing paper over the cover and iron it flat,if all fails,scan it restore it on screen and reprint it!

Lol

I have been wanting to see someone play the glue ever since I discovered this.

Photoshop can get the job done, just like you can use a screwdriver for a hammer. There are just better tools for the job. But what baffles me the most is why not rotate the document 90 degrees, to much easier read what you write?

wood glue cleaning doesn't work...sorry but it's a complete waste of time! Never, ever run a hair dryer on your vinyl nor use sharp instruments...also, wet cleaning AFTER wood glue "cleaning" defeats the whole purpose! SMH

cant seem to get the glue off... did one side of the albums perfectly then switched sides.. same process kept the house at 64 degrees and cant get the glue off... seems to have boded super tight...made paper tabs and they just ripped off???? get a hairdryer or what?

....hey Brian - I'm noticing "textured" paper album covers (Eagles "on the border", one of these nights etc...)....seems like anything "liquid" would immediately be a TERRIBLE IDEA.... trying to use anything to clean them (right?). however, the majority of albums have what appears to be a waxed-like coating on them? Can you speak to this in little more detail? Thanks for the video!

Great series! I'm currently wet cleaning my albums but have a couple that need the glue treatment. One improvement I might try is to embed a piece of Scotch tape into the glue before it dries. Use that as a handle to start the peeling process. I'm just concerned about using the pick and possible damaging the record.

Thank you for sharing fully restored beautiful colors of course you need that plastic cover. Happy New Year 2023!

Use the Spin Clean.. save a horse :)

I came her for happy hobby taping.

Record cleaning is overrated.

I recommend covering the complete LP with stripes of tape, then you have great fun and you can save the jacket.

Please never sell me an album. Never ever.

Bootleg moment

I think you could categorize album covers as ephemera, like old newspapers, vintage cards, letters, any kind of paper item. So I would not use tape on the outside of album covers. Personally I wouldn't use tape, glue or anything on the spine or outside. I think cleaning them is fine but I would leave them as is. The only time I would use tape would be double sided tape to the sleeve if it has come apart, and the tape would be on inside on the brown unprinted side of the sleeve along the flap edges.

Great videos and well made, tx a lot.

hmm, if use diagonal of the paper, it could probably cover whole spine length.

I have never had a record in bad enough shape to try this.

I suggest using Seamzeazy to repair those edges instead of the photo tape.

Great video. Brian I admire your patience.

If you are going to Spin Clean (twice?) and vacuum dry anyway, does the glue treatment really matter? I would like to hear a sound sample test before and after to really compare if the glue treatment makes a difference. I will wager that a good wet cleaning is all you need. Maybe save the glue for any really gunky records.

Why can't the new spines fit the entire length of the record? They make longer paper and the short "fake" spines just look amateurish. If you are going to go to the trouble of making them, make them fit.

America is really going downhill fast. Sad times now. 04/30/22

3:36 Coldplay - Daddy (Backwards)

Noooo! Glue the plastic sleeves to white paper sleeves! Keep the original sleeves inside the cover. Both will fit.

Great video Brian, but can you do one on how to construct a new 45 jacket to replace ones that don't have them? I know it's easier to buy plain sleeves, but what if you want to construct your own picture sleeve?