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Barney Rubble
05-11-2005, 04:10 PM
I am looking for some advice. I am living in Tokyo and my appartment gets incredibly hot in the summer so I am afraid that my LPs will get damaged. A Japanese friend told me her LPs got damaged because of the heat and humidity. What is the best and most cost effective way of protecting them?

Woochifer
05-11-2005, 06:45 PM
As long as you keep them out of direct sunlight, they should be fine. The biggest enemy of vinyl is direct sun because that will create warps. A warm apartment won't do too much harm, but obviously you'd ideally like to keep the temperature as stable as possible.

Mr Peabody
05-11-2005, 07:14 PM
You also want to store them vertically on their edge. Keep them straight up, not leaning. LP's laying flat tend to cause warping.