bent vinyls (Page 2 of 2)

i put the record in a papersleeve, put that between two 32 X 32 cm steelplates (heavy and plane), put that into the middlepart of my oven and heat that 20 minutes (exact value of heat should be gained individually, because every oven gains different) then leave that 2 hours alone and you'll have a plane record without any loss of quality.

works beautiful!

i had good results using warm water and my hands

i guess it depends on the degree of disformation. i had 2 records with a pretty sharp bent (thanks mr postman) and i used water in my sink to get the vinyl soft and then bent it back using my hands. i guess you can do the same with warped vinyl softening it by means of warm water and then put the record between to pieces of glass and put sth heavy on it.
use a crap record first to get a feeling for the nedded temperature and shit

I'd imagine using the sun as a heat source would work best. This way you can check it periodically to make sure it's coming  out OK and you can salvage it before it gets TOO hot and you end up with a black pancake.

yes, very low temperature.. similar to what you'd get in your sunlight method
some people also use screws in order to hold the two pieces of glass together and apply increasing pressure
as i said, it's a bit of an art... god nows how many records you have to melt down until master the technique

mule driver - what record is it that you are wanting to unwarp?
:?

^ be sure to record them 1st. Personally If the record actually plays start to finish without jumping, I'd be reluctant to risk it.

Did a little research and discovered a local record store has some kind of machine out the back, called a "Vinyl Reformer"!

ok i did 2 test, both test records were badly bent.
put them between 2 heavy glass in the sun.
first one for around 10 minutes then cool it down few hours. it's still bent but playable
the second one didn't effected by the process, so i putted it again in the sun for almodt an hour
and cool with pill of records on top of it all night long and it still bent...

maybe i miss something?

Haha!
it works!
i put the a record between 2 glasses but this time i was busy with some things and forgot about it.
after 2 hours i rushed back to take it, put heavy wight on top off it for 4 hours
and now it is flat again and sounds as good as new.

i gonna test another one tomorrow.

So this was in the sun?

Gotta be careful w/ that heat gun. They get what you point them at A LOT hotter a lot quicker than you think. Start far and keep moving it, don't keep it pointed at one spot for too long.

Always be careful not to leave the tip resting on something flammable, and watch your skin!

I have a few bent records
I always wondered about this

Then I started playing them all warped and the sound goes kind of warped too.

I also kind of like watching the needles go o the warped part

its trippy.

but som records like my night of the living dead soundtrack is so warped the needle jumps.  The songs that are affected are un playable at this point.  I say just leave them warped, play what you can and forget ever fixing it.  I have not bothered since 1992 to ever try these heat solutions.

i tried stacking pile and leaving them for months.  never worked.

NV