Thursday, July 10, 2008

These LP covers were saturated with flood water. Many of them were printed on coated paper which means we couldn’t clean them until they were dry because the water would wash away the image.  We used drying racks and a stack dryer which is pictured below. They were hung up until they were almost completely dry and were then placed in the dryer to be flattened with weight. Each layer in the stack dryer consists of four record covers sandwiched between two thick cotton blotter sheets and two pieces of cardboard. This insures the moisture is wicked away into the padding materials instead of staying damp or transferring moisture to the other covers.