Transporting Vinyl Records

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Transporting vinyl records.

I use the paper or bubble wrap on the side of the box such that the records can t slide from one side to the other. Move your record in and out of a paper inner and over the years it will act like a fine grain piece of sandpaper adding surface noise to your record. Put the empty original inner back in the outer sleeve. 2 fold the bubble wrap over the records and secure with tape.

We packed up about that many records all the lp s 12 s up went in big 13 x13 boxes with 4 5 smaller boxes inside each larger box. I packed each box pretty full and taped the lids down but left the handles open. The albums fit perfectly says ulrey. Put your socks underware etc on top.

The large outside. Shipping vinyl records through the mail sounds like a harrowing experience. If the record is housed in a printed inner place the record in a separate clean inner sleeve an antistatic nagaoka type one if you re feeling kind. Put 20 22 records on top of the center where the two pieces of bubble wrap cross.

I pack the albums snugly but not so tight as to damage the sleeves. Cross two pieces of bubble wrap that are as wide as the records and three and a half times as long. If your move is being subsidized by an employer by all means use the moving company boxes supplies but pack the records yourself. The perfect sized box for moving lps is u haul s small which is 1 5 cubic feet says keith ulrey owner of microgroove in tampa.

Double check you have any stickers posters etc in the sleeve. Use the right boxes. They re sturdy stackable and relatively easy to carry. Cardboard boxes for storing transporting vinyl.

Let s get to the point. Pack some newspaper or bubble wrap in the space left in the box this will give your records some shock absorption during the ride. Fold your shirts in half and roll them into cylinders. Pack these along the sides of your lp s up to the top.

Don t stack your vinyl on top of one another when putting them in a box. Stand them vertically next to each other. Keep the vinyl outside the outer cover. I usually wrap 45 s up in a t shirt and add keep them in my backpack with any other lp s i can t fit in the roller case.

You can put anywhere from 80 to 100 albums in one standard small moving box. I ve never seen boxes that fit records so perfectly for a lower price. Recommended inners arrive in two flavours either as a delicate plastic liner within a paper inner or as a round bottomed plastic only variant.