Warped Vinyl Records

It may be due to a poor storage position warmth or just age.

Warped vinyl records.

Guide to flattening warped vinyl records on june 23rd 2016 by levi sheppard short of buying a replacement copy of your prized records there really isn t a quick and easy way to alleviate the pain of having a bent or warped record on your hands and buying new isn t always an option. If you re in a rush you can quickly fix a warped vinyl record using an oven. This is referred to as warping. 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.

Then wait for about 10 minutes. 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. First place the record between 2 sheets of glass and heat it in the oven at 175 degrees. Place some weight onto it approximately 1 kg.

Whatever you decide to do keep in mind that a slightly warped vinyl record still plays better than one that you accidentally overheated in your supposedly food inside only oven. How to fix a warped record.