In relation to putting the vinyl in the oven, can you use a microwave instead?
Dec-20-2001 02:52
boy_luke_y2k
StarwakEaddict
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Newcastle, UK
I wouldnt suggest you do either, I suggest you fill up a record box at max limit and stick it in the middle, within a week it'll be pretty flat.
Dec-20-2001 19:04
DJTJ
linuXaddict
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Bournemouth, UK when I'm at home, Cardiff, UK when I'm at uni
Better yet, put it underneath the same record box sandwiched between two large books or something, and leave it for at least a week, preferably 2. Should be pretty flat after that!
Dec-21-2001 19:28
lexiconavenue
because i care...
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Anywhere
err....i tried doing that a long time ago (flattening my vinyl). stuck a good record in the oven and it warped it a bit more slightly. stickin it between piles of literature wont do any good either...i had an old techno record i left wedged under my bed between two huge, quite heavy books for a month, yet the damn thing is still warped.
if you have warped vinyl, my recommendation is to:
a) buy another copy of it b4 it goes out of press
b) use it as a coaster for those bigger than normal brews
c) set em on fire and shoot them @ cars passing by
lex
Dec-21-2001 23:16
Dmatrox
something goes here?
Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Calgary
The problem with my record is that most of it is decent, but in one part there was a bump. Literally a bump that was 2 or 3 mm off the slipmat. Today i just checked it, and its still warped but not as bad. I left it between other records in my record box set up right.
Dec-21-2001 23:38
boy_luke_y2k
StarwakEaddict
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Newcastle, UK
I got the Exhale Remixes Tsunami Promo 3 weeks ago, that was fairly warped when I got it, like a 1" rise in the middle so when the needle got near the end of the vinyl gravity got the better of it. I just stuck it into an old full record box of my Dad's and now its flat as a pancake
Dec-22-2001 10:15
DJ RANN
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2001
Location: Hollywood....
I know this is going to sound crazy ....................................................
a long time ago a "friend" put two of my records too close to a radiator and when i found them, they both looked like over-sized crinkle cut crips (potato chips to the yanks out there).
So after some licks being dealt out I, (in a state of intoxication) tried to steam Iron the record flat. yes, steam iron. I put the choon on a flat surface with a cloth over it and iron it flat. I got them both playable again but tried to get one them better and it cracked.
i suggest only trying this method for a laugh or in extreme emergency.
