Phonoland

When I first started collecting LPs (early 70s) my home-base was on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. Average of 86degrees (F) and 99% humidity all year round. All the LPs succummed to a grey fungus that lives in the tracs. Even today when I play the records I have to clean the stylus of this grey fluff. The covers all have a destinctive musty smell, that I wave under my children's noses with an accompanying comment like "that is what New Guinea smells like". My question? Is there any way to kill the fungus without harming the LP? Maybe dilute "Snowwhite" like we used to use on the cielings?

The only fungus I ever found that affected vinyl records affected some RCA labels (but not the vinyl itself).

One suggestion is hydrogen peroxide.

Another is the 50% isopropanol 50% distilled water mix I used on tough cases (vinyl only, not filled vinyllite, styrene, or shellac)

I once got a record covered with dust that had mold growing on it, but my mix made it as good as new. The mold did not attack the vinyl itself.

78s are another matter. Mold does attack shellac.

The Elmer's glue peel suggested in another forum might work too.