All,
This is a little hard to explain, but hopefully you can all follow along.
I'm originally from the UK but currently live in the US. In the UK I used to buy clear "plastic" outer sleeves for my LPs from various record shops. I don't know what material they are made out of, but it looks like most of them have thick heat-sealed seams. What I really like about them is that most LPs fit snugly, and there is a certain amount of stiction between the outer sleeve and the cardboard LP jacket (this can vary depending on exactly how the LP jacket is coated/finished). There is relatively low stiction between these UK outer sleeves themselves, which allows me to fairly easily slide the LPs past each other in my densely packed LP storage units. The net result of this is that my LPs are stored in the outer sleeves with the open end facing out i.e. I do not have to first remove the LP from the outer sleeve in order to get access to the LP in its inner sleeve. This makes it much easier for me to quickly access and then put away my LPs. The one downside of these outer sleeves is that the heat sealed seam makes it more difficult to read the album/artist info on the spine of the LP jacket.
Here in the US though I have so far not been able to source outer sleeves similar to those I purchased in the UK. The ones I have bought over here are made from polyethylene, do not have thick heat-sealed seams, and are slightly opaque. The problem with them is that for the most part the LPs do not fit snugly, there is minimal stiction between outer sleeve and LP jacket, and l when I try and slide an LP into storage the LP starts to come out of the outer sleeve. I therefore cannot store my LPs in these US outer sleeves with the open end facing out. I know that people will tell me that is not the right way to store them anyway, but I prefer the way I do it with my UK sleeves. Can anyone tell me what I should be looking for over here?. Is it a different outer sleeve material e.g. polyester?. Any help/advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
This is a little hard to explain, but hopefully you can all follow along.
I'm originally from the UK but currently live in the US. In the UK I used to buy clear "plastic" outer sleeves for my LPs from various record shops. I don't know what material they are made out of, but it looks like most of them have thick heat-sealed seams. What I really like about them is that most LPs fit snugly, and there is a certain amount of stiction between the outer sleeve and the cardboard LP jacket (this can vary depending on exactly how the LP jacket is coated/finished). There is relatively low stiction between these UK outer sleeves themselves, which allows me to fairly easily slide the LPs past each other in my densely packed LP storage units. The net result of this is that my LPs are stored in the outer sleeves with the open end facing out i.e. I do not have to first remove the LP from the outer sleeve in order to get access to the LP in its inner sleeve. This makes it much easier for me to quickly access and then put away my LPs. The one downside of these outer sleeves is that the heat sealed seam makes it more difficult to read the album/artist info on the spine of the LP jacket.
Here in the US though I have so far not been able to source outer sleeves similar to those I purchased in the UK. The ones I have bought over here are made from polyethylene, do not have thick heat-sealed seams, and are slightly opaque. The problem with them is that for the most part the LPs do not fit snugly, there is minimal stiction between outer sleeve and LP jacket, and l when I try and slide an LP into storage the LP starts to come out of the outer sleeve. I therefore cannot store my LPs in these US outer sleeves with the open end facing out. I know that people will tell me that is not the right way to store them anyway, but I prefer the way I do it with my UK sleeves. Can anyone tell me what I should be looking for over here?. Is it a different outer sleeve material e.g. polyester?. Any help/advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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