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Anybody Has A Trick Or Advice On Waving Vinyls
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Wed Apr 1, 2009 @ 1:23pm
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some of my vinyls are starting to get a bit wavy, and one of my scratch vinyl too, and that sucks, i cant cue my samples, it always jumps.

anybody know what to do to make them flat again?

tips?
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Wed Apr 1, 2009 @ 1:25pm
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two sheets of glass is about the best/only thing I can think of that I've seen recomended
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MURDOCK_ROCK replied on Wed Apr 1, 2009 @ 1:49pm
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its caused from exposure to heat...
there is no way to fix it.
the damage is done.
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» rawali replied on Wed Apr 1, 2009 @ 2:29pm
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any pressure you apply to try and get it staightened out will also flatten out the grooves... bad news
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nathan replied on Wed Apr 1, 2009 @ 2:36pm
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w/ records like that you either use them experimentally for the warped wavy effect...or they go in the 'retired' bin :(
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Choda_Bean replied on Wed Apr 1, 2009 @ 2:51pm
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yea i've never successfully "fixed" a warped vinyl in 15 years...
they just keep getting worse haha

i remember i got one that the hole wasn't punched out directly in the middle of the record, so while it played, the needle would sway left and right, and you could hear a pitch change up and down...
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» recoil replied on Wed Apr 1, 2009 @ 7:29pm
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yup - what everybody else said. can't be fixed.

and not just heat will warp - cold, too

years ago I left my flight case sitting open too close to the window - turned out to be the coldest night of the year

to my horror, I found that the back 5 records in the crate closest to the window had all gone warped. they can still play but you certainly couldn't scratch with them and have to be careful cueing them up

I'm lucky it wasn't the whole crate.

but ya man.. nothing you can do
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Thu Apr 2, 2009 @ 9:57am
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awww!

thnx anyways
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Thu Apr 2, 2009 @ 10:01am
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yeah looks like the only thing to do about waving records is to wave them goodbye :P
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Choda_Bean replied on Thu Apr 2, 2009 @ 2:25pm
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haha
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» recoil replied on Sat Apr 4, 2009 @ 8:32pm
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Originally Posted By DJ_DIALECT

e wasn't punched out directly in the middle of the record, so while it played, the needle would sway left and right, and you could hear a pitch change up and down...


haha ya man. I have a 10¨¨like that.

the one side plays fine but the other side is slightly convex. I thought it was my imagination at first but you can hear the pitch going up and down. sounds kinda cool but its a bitch to beatmatch
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» clown replied on Sun Apr 5, 2009 @ 9:54am
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... or buy the wave :p
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» sabinonstop replied on Fri Apr 10, 2009 @ 2:32pm
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one of my freinds was telling me that
the way to repair waving vinyls would
be to place the disc between 2 heavey peices of glass!
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» recoil replied on Sat Apr 11, 2009 @ 5:18pm
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ya I have heard that too, but as someone said earlier, it will flatten and distort the grooves.
Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Sat Apr 11, 2009 @ 10:33pm
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well, ive put it under a pile of 50+ vinyls for a week, and its WAY less wavy!
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Kishmay_Pinas replied on Sat Apr 11, 2009 @ 10:43pm
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take a look at the 2 or 3 vinyls in the pile that were above or below that record
NEVER stack your records face down, and especially for an extended period of time
Always stack them standing against a SOLID flat surface.
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MURDOCK_ROCK replied on Sun Apr 12, 2009 @ 1:28pm
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thats some princess and the pea shit right there....
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cutterhead replied on Wed Apr 15, 2009 @ 3:19am
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its cue burn or carved scratch you need to fear, flating them is doable u need to be patient.

pile olds ones flat on it. (it cost your parents money, might as well use it)

leave it there for a few months. (ever did that with fall leaves ? same principle , dont hot bath them)
Update » cutterhead wrote on Wed Apr 15, 2009 @ 3:21am
stack 200 old vinyl on top of one an other and i garantee in 3-6 months ill be flat again.
Update » cutterhead wrote on Wed Apr 15, 2009 @ 3:21am
but use old ones to do so !! recycle
Update » cutterhead wrote on Wed Apr 15, 2009 @ 3:23am
you could put a brick on top, but there is a maximum weight before friction turns on you.

patience & persitence.
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» flo replied on Wed Apr 15, 2009 @ 5:14am
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Yes, putting it between 12" (at least) square sheets of glass works in many cases, you just have to be meticulous. First clean the glass and the vinyl in the best possible way (otherwise it will stick dust in the grooves forever), with distilled water (NOT bottled or tapwater) and special cloth. Put your record between the glass sheets and make it hold tight with screw-clamps or grips (with eg. slices of cork topper to avoid breaking the glass). Then preheat your oven at 65/70 Celsius degrees (=150 Fahrenheit); when it's the right temperature, turn the oven off and put the glassed record inside, close the oven and let simmer until it tastes good ;) ...or until it's cold, rather. There's no guarantee this will work but it really seems the best method.

At Toolbox Records in Paris (best record shop out there), they stock them vertically and rather tightly pressed on both sides (not too much pressure, though), and leave them like this in the back-office for about a year, and it apparently always gets back to normal shape... but i think it works rather with curved records than really waved ones.
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Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Turtle replied on Wed Apr 15, 2009 @ 12:49pm
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Originally Posted By DEADFUNK

some of my vinyls are starting to get a bit wavy, and one of my scratch vinyl too, and that sucks, i cant cue my samples, it always jumps.

anybody know what to do to make them flat again?

tips?


i was told from the guy that works at the record store to place the record and it's sleeve on a clean non bumpy surface on top of a plastic covering of some sort all straightened up, on the other side of the sleeve put another peice of plastic all straightned up, then go get a towel wet it under hot water ( not too hot) place it over the plastic then place like 50 or so vinyls on top of that ( with another peice of plastic)and leave it for about an hour and repeat for the other side. I tried this and it actually worked....
Update » Turtle wrote on Wed Apr 15, 2009 @ 12:51pm
p.s make sure all dust is wiped clean from the vinyl in the sleeve first!
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