[78-L] How to keep 78s warm in a cold snap

[David Lennick]

Big YIKES. A friend of mine had pipes burst in his basement some years ago with 
resultant flooding, and eventual drying out, but nothing was done to salvage 
the records, newspapers, films etc. When he died about a year later, family and 
friends spent three months putting stuff in dumpsters, although the 78s that 
they didn't toss (we finally got them to hold back) were salvageable, even if 
the sleeves weren't. Jim Hadfield's old place also took on water at one time 
(might have been related to the big ice storm about 20 years ago) and one level 
of records was affected, but I think the records came out okay.

dl

On 1/23/2013 10:22 PM, L78rpm at aol.com wrote:
> Hundreds of discs in my "secondary" collection, accumulating and stored in
> my finished basement for years, are now in my unheated garage.  The
> reason:  Sandy the Storm left seven feet of water in my basement, rising to
> within three inches of my living quarters.  Everything there was destroyed;  but
> during the necessary cleanout/cleanup I did manage to get most but not all
> of the 78s out and into the garage.  (The discs I consider important are
> elsewhere.)
>
> I decidedv that the best thing to do was to get them out of their wet
> sleeves and albums and dry them off.  (The wet paper holding them went out  to
> the curb.)   I did manage to do this.  My understanding is  that dry 78s can
> withstand cold as long as they are not exposed to  moisture.  They will be
> there all winter.
>
> In the spring I will determine whether I am correct.
>
> Paul Charosh
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/23/2013 5:57:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> dlennick at sympatico.ca writes:
>
> Follow-up....customer was very pleased. I used an insulated pizza  pick-up
> bag
> and kept the item under an emergency blanket in the car for  the hour when
> I had
> to leave it parked. Since it was the Carl Kress Decca  set, I didn't want
> to run
> the risk of extreme cold doing  anything.
>
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