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Good day members, I found a collection of records that have been in a very damp closet for years. Most have heavy mildew covering them. I have tried dishwasher solution to remove the mildew but this has little effect. I used a solution of 90% water, 10% bleach on home vinyl siding with success in the past but am hesitant to try on records. Any suggestions for safely removing mildew from records. Thanks in advance for feedback

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Use one of these machines:

 

https://www.musicdirect.com/cleaning-machines/vpi-165-record-cleaning-machine

 

and the right kind of RCM fluid.

 

Really the only thing I have found that makes dirty records “sound new.” And I had to experiment with different fluids.

 

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Step 1

Catalog found records in spreadsheet, using software of your choice.

 

Step 2

Gather said records. Remove any protective sleeves and take vinyl out of jackets.

 

Step 3

Throw pile of records into trash. Use spreadsheet as reference to repurchase on eBay. 

 

In most cases, this will solve your mildew problem. 

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