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Posted by GT357 on Dec-03-2004 00:08:

i swear in the name of EDM and all that is sacred to the dj that what i'm saying is true.

Posted by 404 Science on Dec-09-2004 00:56:

I tried bending one back from a warped state and i broke it

I tried melting one with a hairdryer and sticking it between glass and it fixed it enough to play with a heavy cartride with max weight....

there are fixes, but you will never get it flat again, you should just get a new copy (somehow)....

btw, its stuff like this that makes me wanna switch to cds....

ps... just kidding vinyl rules

Posted by D Dubya on Dec-09-2004 01:19:

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Originally posted by 404 Science
btw, its stuff like this that makes me wanna switch to cds....

this is part of the reason I added cd decks to my setup. I was tired of shit like this. I still use vinyl, but I hate how sometimes I receive them warped or whatever.

.....and I said to make this a sticky bitches.

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Feb-09-2005 17:19:

what about trying the reverse

putting it in a freezer?

i just got a record in teh mail a couple fo days ago.. it froze into being warped!

i figure if i put weights on it and put it int he freezer for a while.. could that work?

anyone try this?

Posted by Mike Vicious on Feb-09-2005 18:03:

LOL, baking records...new to me

Posted by Psiweaver on Feb-09-2005 21:34:

it really does help. I think more concerns the times when the record can't be found again.

Posted by mzvirbulis on Feb-10-2005 07:32:

i have fixed warped vinyl, i but a whole heap of books on top of the vinyl with a flat surface facing the window. so when the sun shines in it heats up slowly to a small degree. leave it for two sunny days next to window.
best method!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Acid John on Feb-10-2005 07:51:

eh. never had this happen to me....

but wouldnt any form of heating wreak havok on the highs?

think about it... sun or oven heats the vinyl. the outside of the vinyl (grooves) will get warmer before the inside is hot enough that you could bend it flat and keep it flat...

(simply put)if the highs are in the vinyl as a whole bunch of very little, quick vibrations compared to the lows... wouldnt you think if you heat it up that much, that the highs might kinda "bleed" together?

iunno... just a thought.

Posted by eyeball_2003 on Feb-11-2005 11:50:

i had a warped plastic boy - live another life, and my mum had a flatpack kitchen which was really heavy, so i put it under there for about a month, and that huge 'hill' in my record is now a slight bump
basically just stick it under something flat and v heavy

Posted by DJ Eric Munson on Feb-24-2005 00:21:

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Originally posted by Tranceporter99
people try this, or so i have heard, if its SO bad you cant play it at all anymore, or its worthless, I say be mean and sell it on ebay, or try the glass idea

Just burn them!

Posted by Omega_Blue on Dec-18-2005 23:38:

someone sticky this please

Posted by trancecadet on Dec-19-2005 16:46:

Anything heavy will push warps out.. Im bout to try and use my big ass 21in crt weighing about 50 kilo to sort a warp out in an old vinyl I got recently (space brothers - shine). A month or so should sort out the mountain it has . Surprisingly it does actually play fine but its shocking to watch.

A method a mate of mine uses is a wet towel and an iron. The wet towel allows u to heat up the vinyl without burning it. I tried this but it didnt work my mate says it never fails him so i'll try it again since it never worked the time I tried it..

Whatever you do dont bend your vinyl especially brand new vinyl. Tried that once and it snapped. I hardly bent it at all but it snapped right on the inside ring (you know when a vinyl gets to the end theres a groove for the needle to sit in to prevent it running onto the label.)... gutted.

Whoever said about freezing vinyl.. I wouldnt try that. Id imagine low temps would make it more brittle?

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