[jakdedert]

nebulax wrote:
On Jan 5, 1:35 pm, TimR wrote:
On Jan 5, 1:09 pm, nebulax wrote:



On Jan 4, 10:04 pm, "Keith." wrote:
"Carey Carlan" wrote in message
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I stored my records upright, like books on a bookshelf. My brother says
that will make them warp--store them horizontal.
I suspect vertical is correct, but I don't know why.
Any good references?\
The answers and common sense would suggest vertical storage.Theoretically
the single point contact with vertical storage could be a cause of point
stress but not so with flat storage.
I store both ways and have not experienced problems.
Has anybody had warping through flat storage?
Keith.
I've not seen warping thru flat storage, but if you already had a pile
of warped records and stacked them horizontally in a hot room, they
might eventually flatten themselves out.
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But, but, but what about the plastic wrap? I remember many
discussions long ago about whether leaving the plastic on was
protective or harmful, with some vociferous proponents for each
method.

I've not had an LP warp stored either way. I'm not really convinced
by the geometric argument. Stored vertically your buckling moment is
much larger, but the LP is so light I don't think it will exceed the
limit. Stored horizontally in small piles doesn't sound bad either,
but at some point the weight of a tall pile has to be significant on
the bottom. I don't know what that height would be. One foot? Six
feet?

I've had LPs warp, I think in a hot car. It's been a long time!



Plastic wrap (or shrink wrap) is going to keep on shrinking whether
you want it to or not, so best just to take it off, or at least cut
some slits around the edges for strain relief. If it's an album that
you want to sell as 'sealed', that's another issue, but the shrink
wrap may eventually fall apart (or warp the record), anyway.

I think horizontal stacking is basically ok in small piles (maybe a
foot or so), and if the records are clean, but snugly packed vertical
storage is still going to be a lot safer.

Even if records get warped, there are various methods for flattening
them out again, often involving sandwiching the vinyl between thick
sheets of glass, and then placing in a low temp oven for awhile.

-Neb

If LPs are stored vertically and tightly sandwiched together, the
shrink...can't. I've seen individual albums stored otherwise where the
shrink, uh...shrunk, distorting at least the album jacket.

jak