Protecting Vault vinyl sets

Dowder5167

Received the Vault 4 set yesterday. I was wondering if someone has a good idea on how to protect them. If someone can point me in the right direction for a good outersleeve or some other way to keep it in good shape. I don't want anything to happen to this and Vault 3. Thanks!

MedozK

They are to large for a normal sleeve. I put an oversized sleeve made for double lps over the end. It goes up to about the spine, so the spine is left exposed, but that's the best I can do.

Now with the vinyl I clean each one and put them in MOFI inner sleeves and place them in between the pages in the book. I don't put them back in the original hard sleeves. That is the only negative I have about the packaging... is its almost impossible to not have some scuffs from those hard sleeves. I wish they would just package the vinyl separately in poly lined sleeves.

Dowder5167

Great tips, thanks.

PJ_Soul

Yeah, luckily the pages hold both the original sleeves and a mofi or poly-lined sleeve. I have no complaints about the original sleeves myself, since I almost always leave original sleeves empty and keep the records in a mofi sleeve anyway, assuming the orginal sleeve isn't poly-lined, which is ideal of course, but many albums still don't have that, so I don't complain about it.

chad1218

I'm not sure where u are from but in Columbus Ohio I found the standard bag at spoonful records is about the perfect size to be a great outer sleeve for my vault 3 vinyl. I'm Sure they are very similar in size. If u need one let me know they work great. Just shoot me a pm

derbydave

chad1218 wrote: »

I'm not sure where u are from but in Columbus Ohio I found the standard bag at spoonful records is about the perfect size to be a great outer sleeve for my vault 3 vinyl. I'm Sure they are very similar in size. If u need one let me know they work great. Just shoot me a pm

Spoonful is my FAVORITE record store in Columbus...



Brett is a GREAT guy & they have an INCREDIBLE selection!!
:-bd

chad1218

Yeah Brett is great and will always try to help u out. In 2011 I was out of town to see Eds solo tour and missed out on the red rsd mad season. Called Brett and he tracked down a copy for me two weeks later that just so happened to be signed by mr mccready.

PJ_Soul

Damn, that's awesome. I wish there was a record store like that here (or maybe there.is and I'm just put of the loop).

derbydave

chad1218 wrote: »

Yeah Brett is great and will always try to help u out. In 2011 I was out of town to see Eds solo tour and missed out on the red rsd mad season. Called Brett and he tracked down a copy for me two weeks later that just so happened to be signed by mr mccready.

That sounds about right...
I wanted to buy 2 copies of Husker Du's / Warehouse: Songs & Stories on Black Friday Record Store Day.
BF Record Store Day was the day before the BIG Rivalry game between Ohio State and Michigan.
One of the records was for me & the other for a fellow forum member, from that State Up North!!
When I walked into Spoonfull I told Brett what I was looking for and he helped me grab the records I wanted.
When we got to the Husker Du album, I asked him if I could buy 2 and told him who the 2nd copy was going to.
He said that he only had 10 copies and told me to come back later that afternoon & see it they had sold out yet.
While I was waiting in line to checkout, he walked up behind me and handed me a second copy of the album and said "Your friend from Michigan should at least get one thing they want this weekend, because it sure won't be a Michigan win...Go Bucks!!!" ) )

RP112579

derbydave wrote: »

chad1218 wrote: »

I'm not sure where u are from but in Columbus Ohio I found the standard bag at spoonful records is about the perfect size to be a great outer sleeve for my vault 3 vinyl. I'm Sure they are very similar in size. If u need one let me know they work great. Just shoot me a pm

Spoonful is my FAVORITE record store in Columbus...



Brett is a GREAT guy & they have an INCREDIBLE selection!!
:-bd

Is that a sticker?? Because it's awesome!

derbydave

RP112579 wrote: »

derbydave wrote: »

chad1218 wrote: »

I'm not sure where u are from but in Columbus Ohio I found the standard bag at spoonful records is about the perfect size to be a great outer sleeve for my vault 3 vinyl. I'm Sure they are very similar in size. If u need one let me know they work great. Just shoot me a pm

Spoonful is my FAVORITE record store in Columbus...



Brett is a GREAT guy & they have an INCREDIBLE selection!!
:-bd

Is that a sticker?? Because it's awesome!

It IS a sticker!!
He gives them out for free when you buy a record!!!
:-bd

RP112579

derbydave wrote: »

RP112579 wrote: »

derbydave wrote: »

chad1218 wrote: »

I'm not sure where u are from but in Columbus Ohio I found the standard bag at spoonful records is about the perfect size to be a great outer sleeve for my vault 3 vinyl. I'm Sure they are very similar in size. If u need one let me know they work great. Just shoot me a pm

Spoonful is my FAVORITE record store in Columbus...



Brett is a GREAT guy & they have an INCREDIBLE selection!!
:-bd

Is that a sticker?? Because it's awesome!

It IS a sticker!!
He gives them out for free when you buy a record!!!
:-bd

Awesome! Gonna have to stop in if I can score tickets to an OSU game in the fall!

derbydave

RP112579 wrote: »

derbydave wrote: »

RP112579 wrote: »

derbydave wrote: »

chad1218 wrote: »

I'm not sure where u are from but in Columbus Ohio I found the standard bag at spoonful records is about the perfect size to be a great outer sleeve for my vault 3 vinyl. I'm Sure they are very similar in size. If u need one let me know they work great. Just shoot me a pm

Spoonful is my FAVORITE record store in Columbus...



Brett is a GREAT guy & they have an INCREDIBLE selection!!
:-bd

Is that a sticker?? Because it's awesome!

It IS a sticker!!
He gives them out for free when you buy a record!!!
:-bd

Awesome! Gonna have to stop in if I can score tickets to an OSU game in the fall!

Shouldn't be a problem for the games early in the season...
Don't wait until Big Ten Conference games,
These can be pretty hard tickets to score!!!

RP112579

derbydave wrote: »

RP112579 wrote: »

derbydave wrote: »

RP112579 wrote: »

derbydave wrote: »

chad1218 wrote: »

I'm not sure where u are from but in Columbus Ohio I found the standard bag at spoonful records is about the perfect size to be a great outer sleeve for my vault 3 vinyl. I'm Sure they are very similar in size. If u need one let me know they work great. Just shoot me a pm

Spoonful is my FAVORITE record store in Columbus...



Brett is a GREAT guy & they have an INCREDIBLE selection!!
:-bd

Is that a sticker?? Because it's awesome!

It IS a sticker!!
He gives them out for free when you buy a record!!!
:-bd

Awesome! Gonna have to stop in if I can score tickets to an OSU game in the fall!

Shouldn't be a problem for the games early in the season...
Don't wait until Big Ten Conference games,
These can be pretty hard tickets to score!!!

Hoping to go to the NIU game. I've got a few friends who are alums, so we've talked about a road trip. I'd be more than happy to take them to see the Bucks blow NIU's doors off hahahaha

derbydave

RP112579 wrote: »

derbydave wrote: »

RP112579 wrote: »

derbydave wrote: »

RP112579 wrote: »

derbydave wrote: »

chad1218 wrote: »

I'm not sure where u are from but in Columbus Ohio I found the standard bag at spoonful records is about the perfect size to be a great outer sleeve for my vault 3 vinyl. I'm Sure they are very similar in size. If u need one let me know they work great. Just shoot me a pm

Spoonful is my FAVORITE record store in Columbus...



Brett is a GREAT guy & they have an INCREDIBLE selection!!
:-bd

Is that a sticker?? Because it's awesome!

It IS a sticker!!
He gives them out for free when you buy a record!!!
:-bd

Awesome! Gonna have to stop in if I can score tickets to an OSU game in the fall!

Shouldn't be a problem for the games early in the season...
Don't wait until Big Ten Conference games,
These can be pretty hard tickets to score!!!

Hoping to go to the NIU game. I've got a few friends who are alums, so we've talked about a road trip. I'd be more than happy to take them to see the Bucks blow NIU's doors off hahahaha

Spoonful is right downtown...
On Long Street between 3rd & 4th Streets.
Hope you can make it to The Shoe for a game,
I'm at EVERY home game!!!

foodshop65

try Bags Unlimited
they sell all LP stuff
they make an oversize bag for box sets

Tim Simmons

Yeah, a box set bag works pretty well.

derbydave

Tim Simmons wrote: »

Yeah, a box set bag works pretty well.

Do these work for the Ten & VS/Vitalogy Super Deluxe sets too????

Dowder5167

Looked at Bags Unlimited site, looks like the box set bags would be great. The dimensions are 14x14.5. Sounds good for the vault series but probably too small for the Deluxe box sets. Thanks, for all the feedback. Much appreciated!

derbydave

Dowder5167 wrote: »

Looked at Bags Unlimited site, looks like the box set bags would be great. The dimensions are 14x14.5. Sounds good for the vault series but probably too small for the Deluxe box sets. Thanks, for all the feedback. Much appreciated!

Good to know...
Thanks for doing the research & sharing the results with us!!
:-bd

PJ_Soul

.... you could try wrapping them in cellophane for now if you really want it protected from whatever elements you're worried about. That would probably actually work better than any bag you find, even if it does seem like a weird thing to do, lol. And if you do it every time, you could pretend you're opening a brand new album every time you want to spin it, lol. :-D

I personally don't worry about my box sets. They are all way more sturdy and solid than album jackets. I don't think they really need that much protection. I do use outer sleeves for all of my LPs, but those boxes should withstand the test of time on their own, given how well i treat them. I guess I feel the same about the Vaults. It's hardcover, and the records are in mofi sleeves. I doubt I have to worry about them being unprotected.

Zod

I used two sleeves designed for double albums/boxsets. Each one only comes up about 80% of the way, but if you put one on each end then its 100% covered. The downside is I store all my vinyl in boxes, and it obvious doesn't fit, so it always sits laying down on top of the boxes.

Luckily I am moving soon and will finally buy a proper record shelf. Boxes are such a PITA.