Physical media care kit with microfiber cloth, anti-static brush, sleeves, and inspection lamp
Care tools should reduce damage risk. If a routine adds scratches, residue, or handling stress, it is not care.

media care

Preservation is quiet, repeatable work.

Physical media care is less dramatic than restoration videos suggest. Most of the value comes from routine: clean hands, stable shelves, dry rooms, inner sleeves that do not shed grit, cases that close properly, and a habit of returning discs before the listening desk becomes a hazard.

Rawdisc separates care from cosmetic perfection. A record with a marked jacket can still play beautifully; a shiny disc can still have handling damage near the hub. The goal is not to erase age. The goal is to slow avoidable damage and keep the listening copy usable.

Keep pressure low

Let the tool do the work. Heavy pressure with a cloth or brush can drag grit across the surface and turn cleaning into abrasion.

Control the room

Heat, humidity, sunlight, and packed shelves cause more long-term harm than a careful playback session.

Document the action

Note what was cleaned, sleeved, replaced, or isolated so future noise or damage has a history.