Comments on: Restoration Tips

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:59:22 +0000

I am not sure if this falls under the correct heading of restoration, but I thought I would post. I am a photo-shop newbie, and have found the best way to “fix” scans, photos, and images of LP’s! First, I scan in the entire cover, all 4 corners, on an 8 1/2 x 11 bed, rotating the cover 4 times. Then I stitch all 4 images together with Microsoft ICE, by far the best at this I have ever used. Once it is “ICED”, I open in Photoshop and peruse the cover for damaged areas (ring wear, sticker pull off, etc.) There is a “fill” setting called “content aware”, that will fill in the area selected with a more natural looking combination of pixels, rather than all one color (this tends to make unsightly “blotches”). It works like a charm! I can provide some before and after’s if any of you like.

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:37:33 +0000

I have some lp’s that appear to have been stored flat, they are in great shape but as you can imagine the covers are flat as a pancake and the spines are now not square. Any idea how to square up the spines? Or would I be better to leave them be? Also I have some lp’s where the spine has creases and are slightly uneven, any idea how to fix this problem?
Cheers in advance.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:48:35 +0000

Slight scratches don’t cause albums to skip. You have a problem with your equipment.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:56:46 +0000

I just pulled out my albums from storage and discovered that most of them have slight scratches on them which of course cause the album to skip, any good suggestions for removing scratches?
Thanks alot.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:08:54 +0000

Re: Removing stickers with Goo Gone. This isn’t working for me.
The labels I have tried it, on while following the above instructions, don’t budge at all, even after a second application of GG.

All that has happened is that the record label has now become stained with Goo Gone.
Any ideas how to remove GG from the label?

By: Water Damage Cleanup

Water Damage Cleanup — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:58:11 +0000

My house suffered from water damage and I’m finding tips for water damage cleanup. Glad that I found this helpful post. Thanks for the share.

By: DrKaye

DrKaye — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:36:51 +0000

RE: #55 Frank Gandras

The reason that you can not see Ringo’s V is that there are no known 2nd state jackets made from the number 4 jackets, stereo or mono.

Regretfully, I guarantee that your #4 jacket is not a paste-over.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:34:16 +0000

I purchased a Doors LA Woman album as a gift. The plastic window is rippled. Is there any way to flatten that out?

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:36:58 +0000

I just bought a SS numbered white album. It appears to have a slick but my ’71 playing copy does not. Was the slick specific to certain pressings and if so, which ones. Just to clear this up, the slick is a kind of affixed overlay on the outside (or inside) cardboard cover, correct?

Thanks for any help, sincerely, at first I thought I had been duped and someone glued a ‘fake’ cover over god knows what and shrinkwrapped it.

By: Zed

Zed — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:56:32 +0000

Howdy. My question is basically the same as #14 – not a restoration question, but I figure the people on here might have some advice. Does anyone know what glue is used to apply “tip-on” sheets to the cardboard in old-style record jackets? For that matter, does anyone know what type of paper is best to use to print the “tip-on” sheets?

We’re releasing a gatefold double-LP & are trying a DIY approach on gatefold blanks.

Thanks so much for any advice. We’d love to credit on the sleeve anyone who can help!