| Bent records [message #91839] |
Thu, 07 May 2020 07:23  |
Madison
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Registered: June 2017
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I bought a bunch of records at a yard sale. Most are in decent shape, but a couple are severely warped. I've checked around and saw the tip about heating them up in the oven between two pieces of glass in order to flatten them back out. However, these records are bent to the point that I fear putting them between anything that heavy will cause them to snap. Should I try heating them up in the oven on a pane of glass with nothing on top at first. Then pull them out and place a lightweight book on top. Then gradually add heavier books as time goes? Are they a lost cause?
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| Re: Bent records [message #91857 is a reply to message #91851] |
Tue, 12 May 2020 22:31  |
Madison
Messages: 334
Registered: June 2017
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Miami, you can put glass in the oven. The trick is to avoid massive temperature shifts at once. I use Pyrex in the oven all the time. I'm not sure how putting it in the freezer would help, though I've used the freezer trick successfully on other tech so who knows.
Rusty, you made me realize that I should just go for it. I paid very little for the whole container full of records and they aren't rare finds or anything like that. It's no big deal whether I mess them up or not really. I've had them for about four months. I want to save as many as possible of course, but your insight empowered me to experiment with it a bit. Thanks!
After going through the box again, I realized I have more bent records than I originally thought. I think I'm up to six now. I started with the ones I don't know much about or just don't care for. I've tried a few things so far. I thought heating it up with a hairdryer might be more gentle, but it was a poor idea and obviously did nothing to the vinyl. I realized that it wasn't going to work pretty quickly. I also tried heating it up in the oven on one pane of glass without another pane on top which wasn't much help. Placing the vinyl record between two panes cracked the record. I think my glass might have been too heavy though. So, I've lost Crosby Stills and Nash Daylight Again.
Up next is legendary blue's guitarist Johnny Winter and I'll try to fix it with gofar99's pizza stone advice. Thanks for sharing that website too, gofar99!
Thankfully, all the Eagles' records are in excellent shape. Losing one of those would have stung.
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Also remember that vinyl is not meant to be exposed to those kinds of temperatures. If heat caused it to warp, how could MORE heat cause it to straighten out?
