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Fixing warped vinyl?

Sirens4Sirens4 Posts: 617
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Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but my avocado vinyl has a warp to its shape!! Plays fine but i ve read there are ways to fix the warp? Has anyone attempted this?? Thanks!!!
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  • MedozKMedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    If it doesn't affect play, I wouldn't worry about it. Ways of fixing warps make me nervous when applied to an expensive piece of vinyl.
  • JzPJzP Posts: 933
    I have put records between glass and in the oven on LOW! for a very quick 30 seconds or so. It works but I would not do it with vinyl that plays fine.
    ~JzP
  • jbrowniejbrownie Posts: 140
    what MedozK said. You need to dig deeper into this forum; someone addressed this. I do NOT recommend this AND I have not tried this...but I'd heard between two sheets of glass in your oven @ x temperature for x minutes. I'm not going "try out" cooking my wax in an oven...you only get one shot! And it must stink up the kitchen! But there's a detailed thread on here somewhere....wish I could remember the OP's name, the thread was rather long!! Good luck!
  • ZodZod Posts: 10,834
    I've been wondering about this as well. The first record in my down on the upside set has become so warped it launches the needle on the record player :( I'm not sure how it happened or why it didn't happen to the 2nd record in the set. I have some mild warps in some of my old records but nothing that seems to impact play like this one record. I keep hoping they reissue it sometime :)
  • MedozKMedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    edited March 2014
    Again, I would NEVER do this on any vinyl of value....unless I HAD too.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZAScU584ZA

    A review of the 'Vinyl Flat'
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eSUs7QL1xQ
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  • Sirens4Sirens4 Posts: 617
    Thanks for all the input!! Yeah im scared , seeing how expensive these are!! And i have a good table and needle.... So if its not broke leave it...
    Springfield 94 hartford 96,98,06,08 xl center 2010,2013 boston 06,2010 mansfield ma 1998,2000,2003,2008
  • ZodZod Posts: 10,834
    The Vinyl flat looks interesting, but that's basically a $100 item to repair my one record (Down on the Upside) that is so warped it launches the need. The record itself is worth about 80 bucks when it doesn't launch the needle.. so meh..

    Cool Idea though.. Would of bought one for 20 or 30 dollars.
  • Philip_IrelandPhilip_Ireland Posts: 673
    Vinyl between two sheets of glass with lots of heavy books on top NEAR a radiator works very well. I have done this many times. I wouldn't worry about it. It won't damage the vinyl-it can only make it better. Just make sure the glass is very clean.
  • pjradiopjradio Posts: 6,704
    i've put vinyl on ground where the sun hits the floor...laid a book or two on top of some glass. Worked fine.
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  • aurynsdadaurynsdad Posts: 863
    The viny flat looks very interesting, and worth it if a very valuable record is so warped that it won't play properly. Thanks for posting that!
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