Slightly Warped Vinyl

You have reminded me of when i bought a queen 12 of one vision red vinyl and it was warped.

Slightly warped vinyl.

Then wait for about 10 minutes. For the extremely unreasonable costs of vinyl records these days i would accept no warp whatsoever. Not much more than the original. I took it back and the replacement we checked in the shop was also warped.

We highly recommend you try the 1 st method to fix warped record before going on an unnecessarily dangerous and risky adventure. Whichever way you decide to go just remember that a slightly warped record that plays is better than one that looks like a salad bowl because you accidentally overheated it in your oven. Then take the glass and record out of the oven and place a heavy object on top of the glass until everything is fully cooled. Even only a couple hundred miles away sometimes i would receive slightly warped records from classic records.

There is a phenomenon called vinyl memory that the audio writers in the 70s and 80s used to write about in the context of warped vinyl. I can t return and get a new one either as it is a rare pressing of a clash ep and will be difficult to replace. How to fix a warped record. But it s slightly bugging me that the record is slightly warped if only for aesthetic reasons.

It tracks the groove fine and doesn t skip or bounce or anything and sounds great. Place some weight onto it approximately 1 kg. First place the record between 2 sheets of glass and heat it in the oven at 175 degrees fahrenheit for 3 minutes. If you check the prices now the red vinyl one is worth.

If you re in a rush you can quickly fix a warped vinyl record using an oven. So i ended up with a normal one. I have recently purchased a slightly warped vinyl record. The basis of this if i recall correctly is that a warped vinyl disc will always try to resist efforts to change its shape so essentially you are fighting the record s vinyl memory.

If you have a warped record give method 1 a try before you embark on an unnecessary and possibly dangerous quest.