{"id":6,"date":"2022-05-11T13:51:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T20:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/?p=6"},"modified":"2022-05-11T22:20:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T05:20:23","slug":"how-to-store-vinyl-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/2022\/05\/11\/how-to-store-vinyl-records\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Store Vinyl Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vinyl records are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/pub164.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"most stable media format\">most stable media format<\/a> (so far), but there are still a few things you can do to make sure your records are in peak condition for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main culprits of vinyl deterioration are heat, sun and humidity. Dust and debris can also cause problems in playback but generally these can be fixed with a simple cleaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Vinyl softens and flows when exposed to excessive heat, which deforms the grooves. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) releases hydrogen<br>chloride as it thermodegrades. Stabilizers added to the compound during production arrest this process,<br>but excessive heat, ultraviolet radiation, and humidity accelerate the degradation and deplete the available<br>stabilizers.<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clir.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Council on Library &amp; Information Resources\">Council on Library &amp; Information Resources<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So what&#8217;s the best way to store vinyl?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The record catalog site discogs provides a few suggestions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Heat:<\/strong> Keep records at room temperature &#8211; about 59 to 77  \u00b0F (15 to 25 \u00b0C&nbsp;) &#8211; or below if possible. <\/li><li><strong>Light:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t store records where they are exposed to direct light, especially sunlight. In addition to the heat, UV rays themselves are particularly harmful to vinyl records.<\/li><li><strong>Humidity: <\/strong>That dank basement you keep your records in may not be the best place for them. Vinyl should be stored in a relatively dry environment: from about 35% to 40% relative humidity.<\/li><li><strong>Pressure:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t stack things on your records, not even other records. The pressure can lead to warping.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there are some tips from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/preservation\/care\/record.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Library of Congress<\/a>. Maybe not the first source you&#8217;d think of but they are admittedly pretty good at preserving physical media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things like washing your hands, keeping food and drinks away, and avoiding touching the playback surface are all generally good ideas for vinyl (and most other physical media as well). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vinyl records are the most stable media format (so far), but there are still a few things you can do to make sure your records are in peak condition for years to come. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/2022\/05\/11\/how-to-store-vinyl-records\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Store Vinyl Records<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-staff-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.csmckenna.com\/record-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}