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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 9 2010, 08:47 AM (332 Views) | |
| Baard | Apr 9 2010, 08:47 AM Post #1 |
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Have any of you tried, or do you know if it's possible, to polish up somewhat matte laminated sleeves? Some of mine are very matte in places due to storage ware, but the lamination is not broken, so it would be nice to have them shiny again...... |
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| rsinige | Apr 9 2010, 09:24 AM Post #2 |
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There is a product called "Armoral", it is for polishing plastics on cars and I have used that, works very well esp. on darker sleeves. I guess any polish should work though, furniture polish that is, not polish that "cuts" paintwork. |
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| Will Cambell | Apr 9 2010, 10:46 AM Post #3 |
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Hi, I tend to use a very cheap supermarket furniture polish to clean/polish the laminate ONLY, its important to spray onto the cloth and not onto the record sleeve and clean/polish with small circular motions, while keeping away from any splits in the laminate, use a good piece of 100% cotton cloth, I use old ‘T’ shirts, it will buff up the laminate nice. One point is that I keep all my LPs in some very nice, very light weight transparent protective covers, if you do this, leave the sleeve you have polished/cleaned out the breath for 24 hrs, before you put the sleeve back into its plastic protective sleeve, otherwise the cleaner / polish may sweat off some residue in the protective plastic sleeve. On another point, does anyone know how to clean flipbacks that get grubby around the non laminated edges ? I know our Mr XXX, “ especially in this condition” fame does it well, I know cos I sold him a grubby sleeve and it looked like new when he sold it !. WC. |
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| Baard | Apr 9 2010, 10:59 AM Post #4 |
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Cheers lads, I'll try this! Regarding the dirty flipbacks, I use a cotton-tipped pin (the ones you clean your ears with) dipped in Isopropyl alcohol. I've done that for ages and have experienced no problem doing so. But ONLY on the parts that are white! They're look as good as new after that treatment. :) |
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