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Permalink How to flatten a warped record?

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Last edited: Mar 03, 2022 04:46:20

https://magazine.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/guide-to-flattening-warped-vinyl-records/

I've never done it, but it sounds like a very scary process.

Best of luck.

Love that song, the vocal track is just as good.

I've heard good things about this thing: https://www.vinylflat.com/vinylflatproducts.html

Never tried it myself. I kinda think if there were a truly reliable method it would be pretty well-known by now since vinyl has been around for so long.

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Last edited: Mar 03, 2022 04:45:58

This subject has been around a long time. There are no satisfactory answers. I've heard about sandwiching a record between two pieces of thick glass, securing with rubber bands, and setting it out in the sun for x hours. Also, doing a similar thing (w/o the rubber bands) in an oven (temp setting is at your discretion). The big issue is that, even if you get lucky and manage to flatten the record, it's possible you'd be left with tracking noise from groove damage.

Thankfully, that Continental Cousins' record is not worth a lot of money on the collector's market...maybe $5-20, depending on condition...so, it's more easily replaceable than, say, a warped copy of "Wipe Out" on DFS. Band was from Belgium, BTW.

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Last edited: Feb 07, 2021 16:27:22

Please update this thread with your results! I would think a stone countertop with a 1/2” pane of glass on top, left in the sun, might work?! Never tried.

Daniel Deathtide

Exposure to 140 degrees F or higher promotes vinyl warping. The melting point is about the boiling point of water (212 deg F).

The self-evident approach is to get a flat bottomed metal bucket with diameter larger than the vinyl record, put in the record, put a sheet of glass, metal or wood (a small pizza pan?) on top of the record, put weights on top of that, and pour in the water. Wait for it to cool down and see what you get. If this doesn't work raise the water temperature 5 degrees and try again.

Of course you may wish to protect the label. One way of doing this is removing the label first. It might work to soak the entire record in room temperature water, this may loosen the label from the record. Then after flattening glue it back on.

Warning: I haven't tried any of this, it's all theoretical. The virtue of this method is that it does not expose the record to uncontrolled temperature increase.

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Last edited: Feb 07, 2021 18:01:53

Off topic; I flattened a pickguard, placed on glass, another piece over it and put it in the sun , 90 degrees, for a couple of hours. Worked just fine.

Looks like CD's are the real vintage music product! I recovered bursted CD's, scratched CD's and more...

I got a big vinyl collection, even buying some albums I've bought on CD and want a vinyl release. But I'm a freelance photographer and a graphic designer, so you want it big, bigger, biggest! But size don't matter (ehm, now it's getting personal)...

I really don't like LP's over CD's. It interrupts my home-working due to Covid. OK it is also a great way to reduce RSI problems when you have to get up every 20 minutes for flipping a record.

But I LOVE 7" singles and 4 songs EP's! You put them on when you really want to hear them and rediscover them every time. I know, I'm getting off-topic now....

Got some warped vinyl my self, mostly 80's stuff with very thin vinyl. So looking forward for solutions!

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Last edited: Feb 11, 2021 09:39:46

Honestly, I took the record out of the cover, left it in the paper sleeve and put 4-5 heavy books that were wider than the record on top. Left it for a few weeks, and flipped it over and repeated the process. Fixed the warp and it plays/sounds fine.

I heard that leaving it in the paper when compressing the record will leave micro amounts of dirt in the grooves, but it was a sold out pre order. So it was a hail mary and it turned out fine.

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Last edited: Mar 03, 2022 04:45:40

No need to do it while it's still in the sleeve. In fact if you've got a picture sleeve you're probably going to give it some ring wear.

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Would a trouser press work?

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You might be over thinking this. Just compress the record on a clean, flat surface for X amount of time. It's just 7" of vinyl, and it already doesn't play, so what do you have to lose?

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