Mold on Cover Art: A Basic Overview 

Thank you! I spent so much time putting stickers on cover arts while working at GameStop, the least I can do now is show people how to fix those horrible horrible stickers!!

While you aren't likely to see foxing on game manuals from iron content, you can see mold-caused foxing. Same methods would be applied here, break down the surface shell of the mold, then kill off the mold to prevent it from coming back. Sodium borohydride and a rinse does wonders for iron foxing, but book restoration is a whoooolllllle different thing too!

Oh I know the feeling. Usually it won't spread to other games that quickly, but it's always good to check your games regularly and to monitor humidity levels if possible!

Absolutely! I'll strip the cover art, manual, discs, and all and just have the empty cases. Those will get soaked in a mixture of 1/3 cup of bleach for every gallon of room temp water. Let them soak for about an hour, then be sure to scrub down all the surfaces (while wearing gloves). I use old dish brushes for these! Once they've all been scrubbed, give the cases a rinse and dry them off. (I tend to dry my cases because air drying can leave water spots). That mixture of bleach and water is good for about 24 hours, after that you'll want to dispose of it. So I tend to clean my moldy cases in large batches. And remember to keep anything moldy separate from all the clean items!

The cover arts will look the same as in the video! Usually mold has a cloudy look to it, but it'll be a brown or green on the white paper. Same with the manuals. Thankfully the discs can't rot easily!

It can be so frustrating to find water damaged stuff. You can fix it, and kill off the mold, but that high risk means it's not always worth the effort, ya know? Health is a key!

I dont recommend using alcohol on discs, mostly due to the alcohol potentially ruining the discs label. For the data side you can use the same vinegar and water mix to kill off any mold. it's difficult for mold to grow on polycarbonate surfaces, most often a surface clean and scrub will remove the majority of the mold. while a vinegar/UV approach will kil off any latent particles.

I don't throw anything away! Even these moldy cover arts actually ended up being kept (mostly to monitor mold growth if the migitation processes were to have failed for some reason)

@@RestoreAndReplay How did you surfare clean a disk? Did you use just a microfibre cloth or more? Did you mean cleaned like in the other videos did you make? In you videos did you removed scratchs. I mean disks they come from a moldy case, but the disk himself is no moldy

@@gamefreack64 For any dirty discs that just need a wipedown, I'll wipe them down with a damp cloth or a cloth with a mild disinfectant on it. I made a video on how to quickly clean non-moldy discs! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E7kF0EmNOwc.html

OMG. Gordon Ramsay I love your work.