solidusjerry91 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I know there are tons of topics on this forum about this. just wanted to vent a little... I am done experimenting with record inner sleeves... i've tried most of them, mofi, nitty gritty, nagaoka, sleeve city, and random ones on ebay. I found that all of them scuff vinyl one way or another. And not all vinyl gets scuffed equally. Some records are more resistant to scuffing than others. For example, my copies of tegan and saras' albums all scuffed so easily with all the sleeves mentioned above, but ghostface's 36 seasons seems indestructible. The best sleeves I found were these sleeves from germany that were paper lined with the same plastic as the nagaoka sleeves, but they just scuff records slower than the others. It is extremely frustrating. The problem seems to be, not when sliding the records out of the sleeve, but sliding it in. so... i'm going to try making some sleeves for myself... ones where I don't have to slide a record in... ones that fold over or something... I love vinyl... am pretty proud of my collection... and i can go back to enjoying it once I solve this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidusjerry91 Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Probably posted this on the wrong place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajxd Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 How the hell are you storing your records? Mine do not scuff in storage. trevorxramage and Cloudsbelow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just a normal guy kevin Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 You have to make sure the record spins VERY fast when you flick/push them into the sleeves. The speed of the LP rotating in the sleeve like a gyro-ball eliminates the friction on the vinyl and displaces it into the sleeve. aflycon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajxd Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 1/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudsbelow Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 i use mofi.. i have never had any issues with 'scuffing'.. especially any sort of scuffing that impacts the audio.. whats going on!? trevorxramage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 im so confused. Cloudsbelow and trevorxramage 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circuit bored records Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Haywood? Is that you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajxd Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Haywood? Is that you? 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannibal Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 10/10 This guy gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannibal Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 my copies of tegan and saras' albumsI figured out your problem for you. causeforalarm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tardcore Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I just started replacing all my inner sleeves with mofi's. It's really hard to imagine them doing damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Is it static making the sleeves cling to the record as it goes in? Either get rid of the static or puff the sleeves out when you slide the record in? I use the poly lined paper ones and never have a problem with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just a normal guy kevin Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I didn't think my post deserved to be ranked #1 out of 10 posts but thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajxd Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Get outta here bake. Twice you've come up short. It's ok, you're having an off day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannibal Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Get outta here bake. Twice you've come up short. It's ok, you're having an off day. I don't know, I kind of liked this last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajxd Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 You're right. 3/10 for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpkin Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Sleevecity diskeeper 2.0 are the worst. I actually made a video of one of those sleeves destroying a record in about 45 seconds. The static builds and it gets harder and harder to put the record in the sleeve and it puts tiny hairline scratches in the vinyl. I use mofi now. No static and super smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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solidusjerry91 Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 How the hell are you storing your records? Mine do not scuff in storage. Store them like everyone else... In some sort of polyethylene sleeve and upright. Haywood? Is that you? Who's Haywood? I figured out your problem for you. Shoulda known. Sleevecity diskeeper 2.0 are the worst. I actually made a video of one of those sleeves destroying a record in about 45 seconds. The static builds and it gets harder and harder to put the record in the sleeve and it puts tiny hairline scratches in the vinyl. I use mofi now. No static and super smooth. I'm assuming this is part of the issue. Even without static I'd get these scuffing problems... I mean if any of the sleeves work for you guys, thats great. They just didn't pan out for me. So I made the ones above to just eliminate sliding records in and out. I just set it in the center and close it like an envelope. Its pretty easy to slide in, and it doesn't come apart. Now I have to make about 70 of em'. :l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajxd Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Damn. That's nice though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liimpan Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 WOW man tell me when you start selling these haha! Or you could throw up a little tutorial how you made it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just a normal guy kevin Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Do the light scuffs from rice paper-like material affect sound quality? And what's the alternative? Paper is worse and MoFi's sleeves leave a powder residue. I'm assuming powder is preferable to cosmetic scuffs you can see under strong light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tardcore Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I haven't had any problems with my mofi sleeves. I saw some threads from a few years ago about powder residue but the speculation was that it was just a production problem. I haven't seen anything about it recently. Are you having the powder issue with new sleeves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just a normal guy kevin Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I've never bought a pack but my Weezer MoFi LPs had the residue, which is how I ended up reading about it online. Is the issue with the Diskeeper 2.0 sleeves that they're too flimsy and develop static? If so Diskeeper has an Audiophile version that has a paper backing, like the MoFi sleeves, but the Diskeeper versions are slightly thicker paper so they don't clump like when sliding an LP into MoFi sleeves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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