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Posted by nousplacidus on May-10-2007 02:56:

Warped Vinyl Quick Fix

This worked for me but there has to be something wrong with it.

I have some vinyl I don't use and I had a record that was semi warped. I took 3 pieces of vinyl that I don't use, took the slipmat off my techs and put the warped one under the other 3 and left them over night.

Bam, strait as an arrow.

Bad Idea?

Posted by everett on May-10-2007 03:18:

Well if the record was unusable before and now its fixed there's not much more that could go wrong

Posted by nousplacidus on May-10-2007 05:10:

No it was usable before but it was a tiny bit warped.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on May-10-2007 07:21:

Ehh, if it worked, it worked. Stop worrying

Posted by Trance Nutter on May-10-2007 08:25:

nice idea, I've got some great vinyls that are warped, I'll give it a try tonight and report back

To be honest, not sure why it would work, I've squashed vinyls under medical text books (a good couple of kilos) for a week before and no improvement......

Posted by Simcut on May-10-2007 11:49:

I dont understand how that would unwarp the record either ?!?

Posted by KilldaDJ on May-10-2007 13:40:

plonk it in the sleeve, leave it on a table and stack some videos or books on it?

Posted by Simcut on May-10-2007 15:45:

I'll give that a go, thanks!

Posted by nousplacidus on May-10-2007 18:48:

My warping was minor. I would describe it as a noticeable rise and fall from the tonearm, but it was obvious the vinyl wasn't strait.

I think the key is the amount of time you let it sit there. The larger the warping the more time you need. Though I have to wonder if its even possible to fix heat/major warping because the vinyl has been stretched, BUT this should work for those minor waves in your wax.

Let me know what happens with you guys.

Posted by tintin11 on May-11-2007 02:02:

bend it opposite the warp... works perfectly. and no, doesn't harm the vinyl.

Posted by nousplacidus on May-11-2007 08:24:

quote:
Originally posted by tintin11
bend it opposite the warp... works perfectly. and no, doesn't harm the vinyl.

In my experience this is almost impossible to accomplish. Often times you end up bending the part of the vinyl that you used to support your thumbs.

Posted by Trance Nutter on May-11-2007 08:44:

quote:
Originally posted by KilldaDJ
plonk it in the sleeve, leave it on a table and stack some videos or books on it?

done that, doesn't help

quote:
Originally posted by tintin11
bend it opposite the warp... works perfectly. and no, doesn't harm the vinyl.

done that, doesn't help

quote:
Originally posted by nousplacidus
This worked for me but there has to be something wrong with it.

I have some vinyl I don't use and I had a record that was semi warped. I took 3 pieces of vinyl that I don't use, took the slipmat off my techs and put the warped one under the other 3 and left them over night.

Bam, strait as an arrow.

Bad Idea?

there *may* be an improvement, but its kinda hard to tell. Gonna leave it for another 24 hours or maybe over the weekend and see what happens.

(this is a decent warp, I might put another one on the other deck that has a smaller wave)

Posted by KilldaDJ on May-11-2007 11:54:

microwave it

Posted by squats on May-11-2007 20:55:

Take two 1/4'' sheets of glass and put the record in between the sheets. Slightly warmup an oven and place the record thats sandwitched in between the two peices of glass in and wait 5 - 10 mins untill desired results are acheived!

Ive done this before and it does work but try it on a record u dont use anymore to find the right temperature.

Posted by nousplacidus on May-12-2007 00:59:

quote:
Originally posted by squats
Take two 1/4'' sheets of glass and put the record in between the sheets. Slightly warmup an oven and place the record thats sandwitched in between the two peices of glass in and wait 5 - 10 mins untill desired results are acheived!

Ive done this before and it does work but try it on a record u dont use anymore to find the right temperature.

I've seen this suggestion many times, but I don't want to put my vinyl in the oven. I'm sorry, I just don't want to do it.

One reason being that, while the overall structure softens, if you're putting pressure on the face you may be deforming the grooves as well .

But more importantly it just seems a little risky to be putting it int the oven.

Posted by nousplacidus on May-12-2007 01:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Trance Nutter

(this is a decent warp, I might put another one on the other deck that has a smaller wave)

Would love to hear about your results after a day or two.

Posted by nousplacidus on May-12-2007 06:34:

My mind went to work and I came up with another bit to help out. One of the most important things is weight and a flat surface, so...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OweaDWE9j0s

Mind you this is all without heat, because, as I said above, it scares me. The key is the spindle can keep the other platter in place above the record.

Gravity for the win.

Posted by squats on May-14-2007 01:06:

It wouldnt work, weight wont fix a warped record. Ive stacked two hundred pounds of dumbells on a worped record and still couldnt get it unwarped.