I have a ton of records where the covers glue is failing. I was just going to use a white glue that dries clear but thought I would see what the people of AK use. Let me know what you like or do you even bother.

*Will a mod please add the 'l' to glued for me...I love looking illiterate.*

Thanks,
Rick

LMAO! Now THAT gave me a chuckle. I was wondering what the hell was involved in an album being "gued"! :D I had to check it out and see what wassup!

I'll have to watch this because I have some like that as well and have been wondering the same thing. I wonder about Elmer's glue? I may try that on an old crappy album I don't care about and see what happens.

Since my primary (ok, exclusive) source for LP's is a wide variety of thrift stores, I've got more than a few with failing covers myself. Thanks for posing the question.

UHU glue stick.

Oh, and the title is repaired, too.

Yep clear glue stick

UHU glue stick.

I know is seems like a stupid question but certainly there are some glues that are better than others for this purpose. I wouldn't have thought that glue from a glue stick would be strong enough and I haven't experimented at all. Thanks for the tip. I will look for some industrial strength glue stick.

Rick

Oh, and the title is repaired, too.

Thanks...I am clearly deficient in synapse firing right now. You must think I am a total dork. :b

rick

I just use the regular stuff, store brand cheapo from Staples/Office Depot, and have been for many years, without ill effect on the vinyl or the sleeve. I spread a coating on both surfaces, give it a minute or two to 'tack', then press down, and weight the seam, for a couple of hours. After that, the paper fails before the glue joint does.

Glue stick or rubber cement. Usually the glue stick 'cause my 6-y.o. has them all over the house. Rubber cement if there is lots of crystalized glue remaining and I don't think I'll get good sheet-to-sheet contact.

I just use the regular stuff, store brand cheapo from Staples/Office Depot, and have been for many years, without ill effect on the vinyl or the sleeve. I spread a coating on both surfaces, give it a minute or two to 'tack', then press down, and weight the seam, for a couple of hours. After that, the paper fails before the glue joint does.

Yup. The glue can have a tendency to come off the stick in balls or clumps halfway through the stick. I keep a razor blade handy to use like a trowel.

Excellent, I am off to find the kids stash!

Rick

Plain old Elmers white glue.

Rubber cement if there is lots of crystalized glue remaining and I don't think I'll get good sheet-to-sheet contact.A light touch with some 600+ grit sandpaper will take care of that.

And I would look for a glue in the scrapbooking section - more likely to find something archival (acid-free). May not make much difference now, but in 10-20 years you may see some staining with non-archival glues.

I would suggest rather then glue use the THIN plastic double sided carpet tape it can't possibly ooze or spread where it shouldn't be. I use a razor blade to cut the roll to about 3/8" strips and I have found it to work very well and very fast.

ACE hardware carries the tape around here.

If you are talking about seporating at the glue joints then I use a little sand paper to clean up the overlap and contact cement. The problem never returns on that album.

Plain old Elmers white glue.

:thmbsp: Same here. you only need to squeeze out a very thin bead along the edge. Me I just run my fingers down the edge after to seal it and let it dry.

I've had the best success using the old rubber cement. I just think it holds better than the white glue and is still flexible when it dries. YMMV.

I have a ton of records where the covers glue is failing. I was just going to use a white glue that dries clear but thought I would see what the people of AK use. Let me know what you like or do you even bother.


I don't. I keep a supply of plastic outer sleeves/bags and put covers that come apart into them so I don't have to worry about what new glue may be outgassing into my records.

Highly toxic model glue works best.

When you're done sniffing it, you no longer care about the split LP cover.:D

Plain old Elmers white glue

Same here or the CVS knockoff to save a few cents. I also use document clips stolen from the office to clamp it down while drying.

Rubber cement is all I've used. I slip a thin metal ruler in the cover along the seam so if there's any that oozes out inside, it wont bind the cover too.

Same here or the CVS knockoff to save a few cents. I also use document clips stolen from the office to clamp it down while drying.

Brain damaging jokes aside (Kids - Do NOT sniff glue!), I use Elmers or whatever the wifey buys, lay down a thin bead, spread it thin w/ my pinky finger, and put the cover under a fat pile of LPs on top of a hard flat surface for a few hours.

I will not play a used LP until I clean it and repair the cover. After that, it is "mine."

Same here or the CVS knockoff to save a few cents. I also use document clips stolen from the office to clamp it down while drying.

Jack, never say stolen! The correct term is "borrowed". :D

If it is a late 70s or later folded cover, I use white glue or stick. If it is an older jacket with a "paste over" slick construction I use of of two methods: If it is an lp of average or less value, I will use scotch tape and just be done with it, avoiding tape on the slick itself. If it is an lp with some collector value I use white glue in a very thin bead. If the edges have frayed I use the white glue to fold the pieces back down. When selling at a record show, that method doesn't raise any ire, and I decrease the price accordingly.
Another method that I don't use but I have known of is to take a manilla file folder and cut off the front and back leaving an inch of hinge, then sliding that in and gluing it inside the top and bottom to reinforce/repair the split. It doesn't apply to an 80s jacket, but makes a strong repair to a 50-70s old style jacket.

Jack, never say stolen! The correct term is "borrowed". :D

Why of course. I bring them back after I have repaired the cover.:yes:

I use an UHU glue stick. After applying the glue, I put a large piece of wood over the cover and then a weight on top to "clamp" it together. It works really well.

I don't. I keep a supply of plastic outer sleeves/bags and put covers that come apart into them so I don't have to worry about what new glue may be outgassing into my records.

Are you serious? I use plastic bags as well but when I pull out a record from a cover that is coming apart, it's a PITA trying to put it back in. I like to repair the covers so I don't have to worry about damaging the inner sleeve or the cover. Can off-gassing really affect a record? I had no idea that white glue or rubber cement was so toxic. I never ate paste either but that might have killed me. I do appreciate the comment but I think that until there is a study of different glues off-gassing in a plastic sleeve and it shows that to deteriorate the vinyl faster than usual I just won't worry about it :).

rick

Another vote for Elmer's Glue stick. It's quick and neat.

Good thread Rick! I have ALOT of otherwise excellent LP covers which will benefit from the glue treatment discussed here.