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Ferryboat

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4. Try wiping them down with bleach handi wipes.

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Tue Sep 6, 2022, 04:01 PM

Sep 2022

Mildew was a issue with a large score of LP's last year.
Also I set them in a old wire dish rack at the same time to dry.

10 or so at a time with 5 or six days dry time between groups.

Seemed to work. No recurrence of mold.

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Bought a ton of LP records a week ago at a sale. [View all] multigraincracker Sep 2022 OP

I'd do a WWW search "How to remove mildew smell." KS Toronado Sep 2022 #1

Did that once a while back and multigraincracker Sep 2022 #2

Doesn't fix the smell but couldn't help it: yonder Sep 2022 #11

If this works, I have multigraincracker Sep 2022 #3

Try wiping them down with bleach handi wipes. Ferryboat Sep 2022 #4

I'll try that next, thanks multigraincracker Sep 2022 #5

No damage Ferryboat Sep 2022 #6

I've heard that cat litter absorbs the mildew smell, but I've never tried it. Vinca Sep 2022 #7

Thanks. Ill try that too. multigraincracker Sep 2022 #8

50% white vinegar in a spray bottle bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #9

I can wipe the records, so labels won't be a problem. multigraincracker Sep 2022 #10

Bounce or other static sheets in a ziplock bag with the item has worked for me in the past ZonkerHarris Oct 2022 #12