Dish Warped Vinyl

As in the the whole record has flexed slightly.

Dish warped vinyl.

I ve often wondered about the furutech disc flattener recommended by mikey fremer but 2000 is a lot of money to spend on what is essentially an accessory. This is referred to as warping. Vinyl records can lose shape. Warped records a warped record remains circular and is either a dish shape or has a twist through the whole surface.

How to fix a warped record. No fun no fun. So i m anxious to learn more about the new vinyl flat record flattener 129 95. Most often i wind up keeping those sad warped records but i rarely play them.

It may be due to a poor storage position warmth or just age. How to straighten a warped or dished vinyl record well the proof of the pudding is laying out side right now stephen of mabu vinyl suggested this method to straighten an album one of a matched set volumes 1 and 2 by peter paul mary named in concert vol 2. In this case the record is still circular so when we flatten it it remains circular. The best way to fix a warped record is to take 2 pieces of thick glass turn on your oven to 150 degrees fahrenheit place one piece of glass into the oven then your vinyl record onto it and then the second piece of glass on top of the record.

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. Warped records can limit the tracking of the turntable stylus over the surface of the record as the undulating surface can cause the stylus to jump right off. If you re looking for a decent vinyl re issue and don t mind paying the retail cost of 45 50 usd then it is worth it.