StanleyMOV Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Hi everyone! I started my vinyl collection back in november last year and have collected over 35 records so far. I've been keeping them sealed ever since I got them for the purpose of collecting rather than listening. Over the summer in my country we get a bunch of small bugs mostly thunder flies that crawl and hide inside small and warm spaces, that unfortunately means that almost all of my records have these thunder flies dead inside the seal, since they managed to find a hole and get in. What is the best method to dealing with these bugs? I don't want to one day wake up to a sleeve full of dead bugs and I feel like keeping them sealed is kinda pointless at this point. Images attached. Appreciate the help! IndigoHollow, pizza face, phillybhatesme and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillybhatesme Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Records are meant to be listened to. prowl20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfactor675 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 (edited) 52 minutes ago, phillybhatesme said: Records are meant to be listened to. nah, they are meant to be framed. also to the og poster, you could sell them as 1/1 deadbug variants, people might jump on it. Edited August 22 by xfactor675 prowl20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FEN1XD0WN Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Bruh wat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 1 hour ago, phillybhatesme said: Records are meant to be listened to. I bet a sizable portion of the membership on this board don't listen to their records, whether they admit it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 You got the thunder fly variant, 1/1. Discog that shit StanleyMOV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 All I keep thinking of now... Mars, faaip de oiad and scottheisel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Banned User] Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Buy a cellophane sealer and double seal them StanleyMOV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N8TRU Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Eat em. Free snacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 This pretty much sums up this whole situation -"I feel like keeping them sealed is kinda pointless at this point." I can understand keeping some records sealed for whatever reason, but ALL? You're on a board where people at least pretend to listen to their records, so you're not going to get a lot of support here for bug filled sealed records. Sorry. The solution is to open and listen to them. It will then be easy to remove any insects. Keeping them sealed for value has now been deemed irrelevant with bugs inside. They might actually be worth less if there is any bug dookie on the cover. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmonkey Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Looks like they've been THUNDERSTRUCK!! bluethumb, scottheisel, nogodsofficial and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhesketh Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Classic scam. Seller sends a “sealed” copy assuming the buyer doesn’t listen to records. When buyer does open turns out no vinyl, just a bunch of banana peels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardlineKid Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 (edited) The vinyl craze is dying. You can still get out. And for God's sake, open your records and listen to them Edited August 22 by HardlineKid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 A generous coat of teak oil should settle into the shelves nicely and keep any bugs from nesting inside your records. Saw a thread about it just the other day. Squard, StanleyMOV, mitchard and 7 others 2 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 4 minutes ago, Derek™ said: A generous coat of teak oil should settle into the shelves nicely and keep any bugs from nesting inside your records. Saw a thread about it just the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justinadamk Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 just throw 'em all out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanleyMOV Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 1 hour ago, HardlineKid said: The vinyl craze is dying. You can still get out. And for God's sake, open your records and listen to them I got Spotify xfactor675, FEN1XD0WN and mitchard 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Even the bugs want you to open the shrink wrap. fuckinandsuckinandtouchin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faaip de oiad Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Open it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawhizz Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 9 hours ago, Dub said: I bet a sizable portion of the membership on this board don't listen to their records, whether they admit it or not. I’ll take that bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copelandkid Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 such a slow month that we're doing noob post satire on the boards now? does that mean the vinyl bubble is bursting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Upon closer inspection, it looks like someone shipped you mice poop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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