Slightly Warped Vinyl

Even only a couple hundred miles away sometimes i would receive slightly warped records from classic records.

Slightly warped vinyl.

The basis of this if i recall correctly is that a warped vinyl disc will always try to resist efforts to change its shape so essentially you are fighting the record s vinyl memory. For the extremely unreasonable costs of vinyl records these days i would accept no warp whatsoever. If you check the prices now the red vinyl one is worth. If you re in a rush you can quickly fix a warped vinyl record using an oven.

Then wait for about 10 minutes. You have reminded me of when i bought a queen 12 of one vision red vinyl and it was warped. Then take the glass and record out of the oven and place a heavy object on top of the glass until everything is fully cooled. I took it back and the replacement we checked in the shop was also warped.

Not much more than the original. After sending several back cr automatically checked and flattened records before they sent them to me at no extra charge. I can t return and get a new one either as it is a rare pressing of a clash ep and will be difficult to replace. Place some weight onto it approximately 1 kg.

It tracks the groove fine and doesn t skip or bounce or anything and sounds great. First place the record between 2 sheets of glass and heat it in the oven at 175 degrees fahrenheit for 3 minutes. Whatever you decide to do keep in mind that a slightly warped vinyl record still plays better than one that you accidentally overheated in your supposedly food inside only oven. The best way to fix a warped record is to take 2 pieces of thick glass turn on your oven to 150 degrees fahrenheit place one piece of glass into the oven then your vinyl record onto it and then the second piece of glass on top of the record.

If you have a warped record give method 1 a try before you embark on an unnecessary and possibly dangerous quest. There is a phenomenon called vinyl memory that the audio writers in the 70s and 80s used to write about in the context of warped vinyl. How to fix a warped record. Whichever way you decide to go just remember that a slightly warped record that plays is better than one that looks like a salad bowl because you accidentally overheated it in your oven.

But it s slightly bugging me that the record is slightly warped if only for aesthetic reasons.