[78-L] Cold storage of 78s

[bradc944 at comcast.net]

I've lost a couple of lacquers (but they were pretty suspect before I moved here to Denver), but have had pretty good survival rate with storing the 78s in the garage here. I do try to mitigate the temp differences (it's an attached but unheated 2-car garage) as best I can, even something as simple as towels or sleeping-bags draped over the racks helps.

What I *have* noticed, however, is if you have any discs that are cracked, especially earlier discs, the cracks may widen with temperature change. Those you may have to bring inside into 'special storage'.

Brad

----- Original Message -----
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:50:30 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [78-L] Cold storage of 78s

Dry is the operative word here. I've stored thousands of 78s in my garage for 
years, with no ill effects as long as they were away from the possible dampness 
of the floor and anything coming in when the door was opened. This is not 
advised for lacquer discs (although again, any I've kept out there over the 
years have been fine, but the possibility exists for drying and cracking of the 
lacquer surface).

dl

On 10/14/2011 10:41 AM, Michael Valentiner wrote:
> If kept dry, can 78s be safely stored below 32F?  (You can see from my
> sig where I live)
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