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"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 09/04/2018 at 12:49 • Filed to: flooding, flooded, flood

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What’s the best way to dry out albums, CDs, and 8-tracks that were stored in boxes and were left in less than an inch of standing water for a day?

Probably not like this, but its not like they’r e gonna get any better, condition wise.

Also, why does water have to wick its way up paper products? I could stand with a wet edge or two, but 1/4 of all the albums look like this?

HAHA THAT ALBUM TITLE

I would take solace that the brand new in factory shrink wrap ones would be okay, but that has been shown NOT to be the case. The plastic wrapped ones have been the WORST AFFECTED by far. Somehow the water got inside and the ENTIRE liner is soaked.

I still have 6 more of these boxes to go through.

The good news about this is that insurance is covering it.

Bad news is I still have drywall and wood panelling to take down and add to the pile of wet crap.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Takuro Spirit 09/04/2018 at 12:52

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Fuck, whatever you do keep the records on their side. Take them out of the sleeves and let them dry so they don’t get moldy. The album covers are kinda fooked though, might try ironing them to straighten them out again.

*by side I mean don’t store them flat. 

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > Takuro Spirit 09/04/2018 at 12:55

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sell them

TheRevanchist > Takuro Spirit 09/04/2018 at 12:56

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I’d try wax/parchment paper in b etween each layer? It may take time to dry, but at least shouldn’t stick together (Costco for buying bulk size, if you do ).

Ash78, voting early and often > Takuro Spirit 09/04/2018 at 12:57

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Separate everything, stand it up, and put it in a small room with a dehumidifier cranked up. If you don’t have a dehumidifier, then at least an oscillating fan or something to keep dry-ish air moving around between them. Get all the discs and vinyl out of there first before the paper leaves particles all over them.

LOL Jackson Browne. 

Urambo Tauro > Takuro Spirit 09/04/2018 at 12:58

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“Saturate before using” oh the irony.

CalzoneGolem > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 09/04/2018 at 12:58

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This. Records go like this ||||||||

Chariotoflove > Takuro Spirit 09/04/2018 at 12:58

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This breaks my heart to see.

Takuro Spirit > Ash78, voting early and often 09/04/2018 at 12:59

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They’re in a dehumidified room, with an additional fan a’ blowing. There’s already wet paper stuck to the discs, so at this point I figured unless there’s a rare million dollar album in there, I’m not too concerned with warpage from lying them flat.

Takuro Spirit > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 09/04/2018 at 13:02

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Hmm, mold. Haven’t gotten there yet, but they were stored on their ends when they got wet, they’re just all stuck to each other and many are in plastic so I just laid them there to dry a bit.

The covers are most definitely fookered, so I  wasn’t too concerned about saving the discs from warpage.

cbell04 > Takuro Spirit 09/04/2018 at 13:04

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Ouch my dad lost his collection to water damage. At least you caught it. His were totalled by the time he realized it. Good luck!

Takuro Spirit > Chariotoflove 09/04/2018 at 13:05

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Mine as well.

Textured Soy Protein > Takuro Spirit 09/04/2018 at 13:06

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Fill a kiddie pool with rice and put everything in it. 

Takuro Spirit > cbell04 09/04/2018 at 13:08

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Thanks. This was my father in law’s collection, and I had hoped to honor his memory by taking a bit better care of them than this.

But the past is the past, what’s done is done. I’m just glad we only lost maybe 1/8 of everything.

Takuro Spirit > Textured Soy Protein 09/04/2018 at 13:21

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That might only work with the imports.... Or Yoko Ono.

WRXforScience > Takuro Spirit 09/04/2018 at 15:11

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In professional restorations they freeze the wet stuff then lower the ambient pressure until the water sublimes (direct solid to gas without becoming liquid).

There isn’t an easy way to do that.

Desiccants and dehumidifiers are probably the best easy way to do it.

Nom De Plume > Takuro Spirit 09/04/2018 at 19:00

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Cheapest answer, plastic cutlery to prop up LP’s.

Open CD and stand books and case up partially open with disc leaning so it keeps booklet from blowing away

8-Tracks, I dunno, stand em up so the water drains out the bottom

Dogsatemypants > Takuro Spirit 09/04/2018 at 19:56

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For casettes and 8 tracks, remove the outer casing and let the tape sit in a neutral absorbant medium. Records, try to let the leaves dry out in the air. Prop them open with a clothes pin or something small.