Re: [ARSCLIST] Shipping 78 rpm records and heat

["joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <sergei01@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shellac records will be better served if packed *tightly*, so they do not
flex. Milk cartons do well, with cardboard at the sides. If I were doing it
myself, I would double box, using peanuts.

Joe Salerno
Video Works! Is it working for you?
PO Box 273405 - Houston TX 77277-3405
http://joe.salerno.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry McBride" <jerry.mcbride@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:15 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Shipping 78 rpm records and heat


> I am trying to arrange for the shipment of about 3000 78 rpm records
across
> country using standard house moving companies and am concerned about the
> heat in the trucks at this time of year. I saw the recent post advising
> against this. However, in my own recent move my small vinyl collection did
> not suffer any ill affects. I am wondering what experience people have
with
> this? Are there other relatively inexpensive ways to ship this quantity of
> recordings safely? An air conditioned truck would probably make the move
> too expensive.
>         If the records are properly packed with insulating materials such
as
> styrofoam or bubble pack, would this reduce possibility of damage?