Decent vinyl boxes/storage

Looking to purchase a half decent storage box for my vinyls. Anyone know of somewhere good to buy on-line?

my vinyls were involved in an apartment explosion.

  On 4/29/2010 at 6:28 PM, essines said:

my vinyls were involved in an apartment explosion.

lol for some reason i imagined you in vinyl trousers blowing up an apartment... i'm loling pretty hard.

  On 4/29/2010 at 6:30 PM, keltoi said:

... for some reason i imagined you in vinyl trousers blowing up an apartment.

belongs in a different thread keltoi, yeah you know which one i mean

this is a damn good question.. the most practical thing i've seen are those sturdy plastic, mesh like boxes like so , good for the flip through and keeping them upright.

seriously though i let a friend of mine borrow my vinyl and then, unexpectedly, his apartment was blown up. not horribly so, i think the wax may be fine. my friends are fine. one is burnt. but alive

god damn analogue, fucks everyone up

  On 4/29/2010 at 6:57 PM, essines said:

god damn analogue, fucks everyone up

how exactly were said vinyls involved in said explosion?

Keep 'em handy , you never know when Zombies are going to attack.

  On 4/29/2010 at 7:53 PM, Boxing Day said:

Keep 'em handy , you never know when Zombies are going to attack.

Never mind Blue Monday, I can assure you won't be using black vinyl SAWII as shurikens.

  On 4/29/2010 at 6:52 PM, mafted said:

this is a damn good question.. the most practical thing i've seen are those sturdy plastic, mesh like boxes like so , good for the flip through and keeping them upright.

these things are like 8 dollars ( and kinda cheap) thats' why i went with cardboard boxes. it would be ideal to have milk crates but that involves stealing them from behind stores and that's a little sketchy

  On 4/29/2010 at 9:11 PM, yek said:

  On 4/29/2010 at 6:52 PM, mafted said:

this is a damn good question.. the most practical thing i've seen are those sturdy plastic, mesh like boxes like so , good for the flip through and keeping them upright.

these things are like 8 dollars ( and kinda cheap) thats' why i went with cardboard boxes. it would be ideal to have milk crates but that involves stealing them from behind stores and that's a little sketchy

I was thinking along the lines of boxes with hinged lids (my apartment is naturally dusty, dust creeps in everywhere even inside record sleeves), preferbly made from a nice wood. I might ask a carpenter mate of mine to knock something together for me, he's always busy though and it will take ages before they materialise.

you'd be amazed by how easy it would be to fashion such a box by yourself. 30 minutes at home depot/lowes/whatever and you'd have everything you needed!

Milk crates (in the US at least) were purposely made to small to fit vinyl records years ago bc people were stealing them for vinyl. That's why the new plastic crates look the same but are actually wide enough, picked up 2 for $16 at The Container Store.

Please folks, it's vinyl - no "s" on the end.

Thanks for your cooperation.

quick question:

right now im low on funds, i have about 10 records in a vertical stack....is that ok? i mean, assuming i dont knock them over or something, that wont affect their play will it?

im planning on getting a real nice bookcase for them once i have the proper funds.

don't stack records!

  On 4/29/2010 at 10:05 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Milk crates (in the US at least) were purposely made to small to fit vinyl records years ago bc people were stealing them for vinyl. That's why the new plastic crates look the same but are actually wide enough, picked up 2 for $16 at The Container Store.

yeah i nabbed one and it didn't fit my vinyl, daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

  On 4/29/2010 at 11:27 PM, hautlle said:

don't stack records!

Especially in the heat

  On 4/29/2010 at 11:31 PM, Spore said:

  On 4/29/2010 at 11:27 PM, hautlle said:

don't stack records!

 

Especially in the heat

night!

  On 4/29/2010 at 9:11 PM, yek said:

  On 4/29/2010 at 6:52 PM, mafted said:

this is a damn good question.. the most practical thing i've seen are those sturdy plastic, mesh like boxes like so , good for the flip through and keeping them upright.

these things are like 8 dollars ( and kinda cheap) thats' why i went with cardboard boxes. it would be ideal to have milk crates but that involves stealing them from behind stores and that's a little sketchy

I found some of these for like $4 each. I mainly use them to transport my records.

At home, it's all about this:

  On 4/29/2010 at 11:27 PM, hautlle said:

don't stack records!

don't stack them horizontally on top of one another, or at all?

For clarification, can someone elaborate the best/safe way to store dem records?

Also is there something like the Expedit for a smaller collection (about 2 of those cubes worth of records?)

For a while I was getting some really nice soul/funk/jazz records at the local record store. The vinyl was always nice, but the covers were thrashed. The guy at the store told me that the guy who was bringing it in was storing all his records in his carport outside of his house. Every time it rains I think about it.

  On 4/29/2010 at 10:09 PM, scones to die for said:

Please folks, it's vinyl - no "s" on the end.

 

Thanks for your cooperation.

thanks. surely, you've saved the thread.

  On 4/29/2010 at 11:35 PM, Marked x 0ne said:

  On 4/29/2010 at 11:27 PM, hautlle said:

don't stack records!

 

don't stack them horizontally on top of one another, or at all?

 

For clarification, can someone elaborate the best/safe way to store dem records?

 

Also is there something like the Expedit for a smaller collection (about 2 of those cubes worth of records?)

From this article on storing albums

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The accumulative weight of the vinyl causes the ones at the bottom of the stack to become crushed and damaged. Always store your vinyl in the vertical position and don't be tempted to squeeze too many records into too small a space.

fuck fuck fuck

well, i have them horizontal against the wall now, FUCK i hope they arent ruined...theyve been sitting like that for a few weeks.

moved them, it was only 5 records, with the heavy Oversteps LP on the bottom...i really hope nothing happened...ill have to test them this weekend.