Any Tips On How to Clean Album Covers.

Laminated covers are much easier to deal with than unlaminated.  Old stickers stuck on laminated covers can be softened with tolulene (lighter fluid) removed with your finger nails and then cleaned up with a bit of meths on a cloth. A dampened cloth and a bit of meths will usually be enough the clean up the dirtiest of laminated covers.  Just buff up afterwards.

Unlaminated covers require a good deal of caution.  A soft artists eraser can be useful but don't go crazy otherwise you'll do a lot of damage.  A lightly dampened cloth can clean up varnished unlaminated covers but wipe very lightly only because the varnish disappears fast and you'll end up ruining the cover. 

Don't go mad.  The Goodies' restoration of Whistler's Mother comes to mind...

Ditto to what Richard said Graham. A little white spirit is good for removing sticker residue on laminated sleeves. Generally I would leave stickers alone. You can do more damage than good trying to remove them. Protect the covers in the polypropylene sleeves we discussed recently. Even raggedy covers look good in them.

Steve

A friend of mine who restores  Print & Maps,  sometimes uses bread to clean up scuff marks.

So maybe that would good for unlaminated covers?

For album cover cleaning and sticker removing?

This   is still the best option.

It was a old stamp collectors trick from years ago that still stands up today.

Stu.

Or this....

                     Before.......................................................................After

Oh, and welcome back, Stu.

I tried that once. You have to be careful as fresh bread contains moisture that can smear and, even worse, some contain oils that can have a deleterious effect.