Transporting Vinyl Records

With increasing pressure on delivery companies and couriers alike to pile more packages into each van per trip it s no surprise that vinyl packaging issues are a hot topic on the net.

Transporting vinyl records.

They re sturdy stackable and relatively easy to carry. I packed each box pretty full and taped the lids down but left the handles open. Put your socks underware etc on top. I use the paper or bubble wrap on the side of the box such that the records can t slide from one side to the other.

Let s get to the point. If your move is being subsidized by an employer by all means use the moving company boxes supplies but pack the records yourself. Put the empty original inner back in the outer sleeve. I ve never seen boxes that fit records so perfectly for a lower price.

The perfect sized box for moving lps is u haul s small which is 1 5 cubic feet says keith ulrey owner of microgroove in tampa. If the record is housed in a printed inner place the record in a separate clean inner sleeve an antistatic nagaoka type one if you re feeling kind. Use the right boxes. They seem a little expensive i know but i really trust them.

Shipping vinyl records through the mail sounds like a harrowing experience. Cardboard boxes for storing transporting vinyl. Keep the vinyl outside the outer cover. You can put anywhere from 80 to 100 albums in one standard small moving box.

Both moves spanned the vinyl unfriendly months of july august. We packed up about that many records all the lp s 12 s up went in big 13 x13 boxes with 4 5 smaller boxes inside each larger box. Pack some newspaper or bubble wrap in the space left in the box this will give your records some shock absorption during the ride. The albums fit perfectly says ulrey.

I usually wrap 45 s up in a t shirt and add keep them in my backpack with any other lp s i can t fit in the roller case. Stand them vertically next to each other. Cross two pieces of bubble wrap that are as wide as the records and three and a half times as long. Don t stack your vinyl on top of one another when putting them in a box.

The large outside. Pack these along the sides of your lp s up to the top. 2 fold the bubble wrap over the records and secure with tape. Move your record in and out of a paper inner and over the years it will act like a fine grain piece of sandpaper adding surface noise to your record.

I pack the albums snugly but not so tight as to damage the sleeves. Fold your shirts in half and roll them into cylinders. Double check you have any stickers posters etc in the sleeve.