Protect your records with sleeves
Storage
Keeping your records safe from the elements is essential for preservation. I recently upgraded my polypropylene sleeves and I'm a big fan of the Ultimate Outer 5.0 from Sleeve City.
The Ultimate Outer 5.0 are thicker than the sleeves you'll find on records you buy from the record store. They're absolutely crystal clear and they won't cloud over time.
Here's a description from their site:
Polypropylene combines high clarity, heat resistance, moisture resistance and chemical resistance in a cost effective solution for record protection. Manufactured from crystal 250 micron clear polypropylene, sleeves fit loosely over outside of jacket, 12.75" X 12.75". Our heaviest weight outer sleeve, yet it retains the sparkling clarity of polypro.
The Ultimate Outer 5.0 is available here (bottom of page) and 100 sleeves will run you $33.50. They're running a holiday promotion (Code: HOLIDAY20) so you can save 20% on your purchase!
Reader Comments (3)
It's funny, I actually find plastic sleeves annoying because it makes it hard for me to get LPs in and out of my shelves (they slip around, bunch up). I have resorted to only putting them on rare items or those with very nice cover art.
I've found these to work out great. Nice and snug and placing the opening on the side, it's pretty simple to take the records out without having to remove the whole album.
I'm unsure on plastics sleeves since i've read that in heat they can cause the vinyl to "sweat" damaging both the records and the cover.