Warped Records... dont do what I just did...

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Posted by 404 Science on Jul-18-2004 01:43:

Warped Records... dont do what I just did...

I had a BK record that was a little warped and made the needle jump. So I searched thru the forums and found that you could bend them back (using heat)... well I figured I could do it w/o the heat, just a little flexing back and forth...

DONT DO WHAT I DID

cause the record is no more....

hehe

learn from this idiot.

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Jul-18-2004 01:44:

Re: Warped Records... dont do what I just did...

quote:
Originally posted by 404 Science
I had a BK record that was a little warped and made the needle jump. So I searched thru the forums and found that you could bend them back (using heat)... well I figured I could do it w/o the heat, just a little flexing back and forth...

DONT DO WHAT I DID

cause the record is no more....

hehe

learn from this idiot.

hehe...sorry about your luck bro, maybe you can find another copy somewhere.

Posted by 404 Science on Jul-18-2004 01:50:

meh, it didnt matter, I got the record with the turntables... one side was playable, the other wasnt. It was a good track but I knew there was a chance of breakage.

Posted by Special_K on Jul-18-2004 02:21:

if you have a warped record....BEND IT. I do this all the time to records that are fucked up. You can crank a record into a taco over your knee and it wont break. you can easily bend it enough so that its playable if its warped. Even if its a REAL bad warp, just bend it before you put it on the table and it should take care of it spinning to freely on the deck.

Ive posted this same comment in every one of the 300 threads about warped records....shame some people are still fucking their shit up with heat.

Posted by Steven Hays on Jul-18-2004 03:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Special_K
if you have a warped record....BEND IT. I do this all the time to records that are fucked up. You can crank a record into a taco over your knee and it wont break. you can easily bend it enough so that its playable if its warped. Even if its a REAL bad warp, just bend it before you put it on the table and it should take care of it spinning to freely on the deck.

Ive posted this same comment in every one of the 300 threads about warped records....shame some people are still fucking their shit up with heat.

You're a fuckin' idiot! Its not smart at all to bend the vinyl. They break very easily. The simplist form of fixing a warped record is blow drying both side for about 5 minutes and then putting them between two plated of glass. Put something pretty heavy on top of the glass to weigh it down. ALso put it on a smooth floor, like a tile floor.

Once again, don't give stupid advice. Yes, it was very stupid.

-Steve

Posted by Siang on Jul-18-2004 04:06:

quote:
shame some people are still fucking their shit up with heat.

did you not care to read what he wrote? or could you just not comprehend all 7 lines of it?

He bent it without heat, much like you suggested, and it fucked it up worse. Im guessing broke it, but he didnt say exactly what happened.

Posted by 404 Science on Jul-18-2004 05:55:

Posted by dukes on Jul-18-2004 11:48:

using heat is the most reliable tried and tested method for fixing records. bending is very risky as its not very precice as the record will respond diferantly to bending at diferant temperatures.

there is a thread in here i did a while back with a method that i got from a few hardcore audiphiles for unwarping. i highly recomend it.

Posted by AndskiSpeed on Jul-18-2004 14:25:

i use a hair dryer on a really low settin, it seems to do the trick

Posted by tu_face on Jul-20-2004 13:19:

i'm still shit scared of fucking up my records too much to play..

some of my warped records are ones that cannot be replaced one day i might get the bottle to do it but until then they can stay warped... i can manage

Posted by cryo on Jul-20-2004 17:55:

seeing a warped record spin on my TT makes me cringe

Posted by dj AmP on Jul-20-2004 18:37:

Is it the sun or the heat that warp's records.. cuz I�ve left my records in some pretty hot place's and they don't seem to get warped.. but when I leave one in my car. were the sun light can get to it.. it seems to be warped a lot more.. I've also bent some of my warp records.. it helps a little.. A hair dryer would probably work better. And who cares if u bends them or not. (The record is already messed up.. lol)

Posted by Luke Cartwright on Jul-20-2004 19:35:

Dont bend them I snapped one of my fave records doing this.

If you do just do it softly it works for when you cue the record up which is what you want.

If the record is really badly warpped I usally speed up slow down the record which is going out cos if you touch the warped one bye bye to the mix.

Putting the record at the bottom of a large pile of tunes is also a good way it hold shape for a while but will eventualy re-warp.

Posted by dukes on Jul-21-2004 16:23:

this is how you fix them..... practice on crap records first then do it to your precious!

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