[78-L] Storage units^

[David Lennick]

Ooh, those Wyncotes..man they were bad! Although the one with Clint Eastwood 
singing was a keeper.

dl

On 1/15/2013 10:28 PM, bradc944 at comcast.net wrote:
> ...That's what you get when you store Wyncote LPs in with the good stuff....
>
> (I run now...)
>
> Brad
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:09:02 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Storage units
>
> The units aren't hermetically sealed, they have roll-up doors so a bit of air
> can always enter. I had a different situation for a number of years..I rented a
> shipping container and used it for storage. It was airtight but the air wasn't
> great inside and the albums often showed mold on the spines and there was a
> permanent stale smell. Nothing affected the records but some of those albums
> still have an odor, 5 years later.
>
> dl
>
> On 1/15/2013 9:56 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
>> Part of the problem may be that he opened the doors.  It would have been
>> better not to go in.
>>
>> Ron L
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:40 PM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Storage units
>>
>> I'll say YIKES since I know the units in question..interesting that this
>> didn't happen last winter.
>>
>> Damp sleeves and records are not a good mix. Hey..I have two dehumidifiers.
>> Want one?
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 1/15/2013 7:25 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
>>> While we have discussed storage conditions for records many times on this
>> list, and have come to the conclusion that as long as temperature changes
>> are gradual, records can tolerate temperature ranges from deep freeze to
>> summer heat, I had a jolting experience the other day.  Toronto was enjoying
>> spring like weather last weekend so I took the opportunity to visit my
>> outdoor storage units.  You can imagine my horror when I saw that my storage
>> cabinets were covered with water!  Not from a leaking pipe or any other kind
>> of flooding, but from condensation;  obviously the cold steel cabinets
>> contacting the temporarily warm air caused this.  All the doors were coated
>> with mist and had droplets running down them and the handles looked like
>> cold water pipes on a hot summer day.  I opened one of the cabinets and
>> found the inside to be dry, which was a bit of a relief but records sitting
>> on shelves not in cabinets had their envelopes all rippled as if they
>>>     were wet and any record I took out of an envelope was also covered with
>> mist.  This is a disturbing situation because Toronto's weather is such that
>> there are always going to be warm spells in mid winter and although I assume
>> this water would be very clean, it can't be good for these records to get
>> wet, especially when, as in this case, the warm spell came to an abrupt end
>> and the next day was below freezing - probably freezing the condensation on
>> the surfaces of the records.
>>>
>>> This unit contains about 40,000 records so there isn't much I can do
>>> about drying them off individually.  The only positive side of this
>>> situation, (the glass being too full), is that if the records are
>>> destroyed and must be disposed of, I'll save hundreds of dollars in
>>> storage costs. :-(
>>>