How PVC Covers Are DESTROYING Your Vinyl Collection. Check Yours Before It’s Too Late!

Looking after your vinyl collection is a top priority for all record collectors, but can protecting it ultimately damage it? In this video, we look at one of the most damaging conditions which can affect any record stored in PVC covers - plastic migration. We look at how and why it happens and find out what you can do to prevent it. WARNING: this video contains images of original Beatles albums in distress! 0:00 - Intro 0:27 - Vinyl care today. 1:00 - Today’s video is inspired by The Beatles. 1:17 - How record companies used to tell you how to look after vinyl. 2:35 - Vintage vinyl unboxing horror story. 7:07 - All about PVC. 8:01 - Off-gassing. 9:01 - Oils in PVC covers & another horror story. 10:17 - Only on one side. 11:57 - Selling PVC covers to collectors. 12:44 - How to tell if covers are made from PVC. 12:55 - What covers are safe? 13:21 - Storing 45s. 14:28 - Outro. Want to buy some great sounding original Beatles vinyl? Visit out websit