One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 If you think "too many forums is confusing" you should check out some message boards that have 20+ forums. I think if all of them are listed clearly it would be very simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foottomouth Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I recently got a copy of Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure that was warped as hell. I bought it new, so I don't know if the record got warped from being stored in a warehouse or when it was actually pressed. Anyone else with a warped copy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebistro Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I still don't have a box or proper place for them though. You should start a thread to see what other people use.. Dusted_By_Space, BuzzersonKillwell, 000000 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonochuu Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 You should start a thread to see what other people use.. You should grow up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebistro Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I want to know this too. Just curious... This caught my attention as well. How does one accidently warp a 7"? Anyways, stacking records between my wife's heavy ass highschool yearbooks and setting them next to a sunny window has always helped me. It doesn't make them completely flat but it'll make a badly warped record playable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 You should grow up. All the sudden OP becomes self aware? I smell a troll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonochuu Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 This caught my attention as well. How does one accidently warp a 7"? Anyways, stacking records between my wife's heavy ass highschool yearbooks and setting them next to a sunny window has always helped me. It doesn't make them completely flat but it'll make a badly warped record playable. I already answered this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonochuu Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 All the sudden OP becomes self aware? I smell a troll. just because I don't know much about vinyl doesn't mean I'm an ignorant person?? I sense a lot of immaturity and elitism on this forum, which is upsetting because it is an interesting community. I joined because I am very excited about getting into vinyl and I know I have a lot of dumb questions, but now not sure if I want to stick around. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjb2k1 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 This caught my attention as well. How does one accidently warp a 7"? Anyways, stacking records between my wife's heavy ass highschool yearbooks and setting them next to a sunny window has always helped me. It doesn't make them completely flat but it'll make a badly warped record playable. i know this was unintentional but i just laughed so hard jonochuu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhook Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 When I asked about the warping I was not trying to sound like a dick. To be honest with you, if you had a question about records, you should ask about storage. I am sure there are many threads about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokimedo Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 just because I don't know much about vinyl doesn't mean I'm an ignorant person?? I sense a lot of immaturity and elitism on this forum, which is upsetting because it is an interesting community. I joined because I am very excited about getting into vinyl and I know I have a lot of dumb questions, but now not sure if I want to stick around. :/ Feel free to leave at any point. Nobody is stoping you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbruise Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipsterasfolk Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 If you have a laptop that gets hot during computer games (i.e Alienware/Mac/Dell XPS) slide the record under there while playing a game for several plus hours. Normally it will slightly work for slight warped records. Also the front porch with weights in a cardboard box works when its hot out. These are probably the only thread I don't mind popping up on here, because there is really no safe way to do this. Between glass slabs, oven, and others. But I agree there should be some sort of Misc thread for record info on small holes, miscut records, and warping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debyrne82 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 You're all a bunch if sissies, sandwich between cardboard, sit a cinder block on it and check it out in a couple of days. If that doesn't work just snap it in half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topshelfsquad Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 stacking records between my wife's heavy ass sorry, had to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topshelfsquad Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Also, wanted to bring up what i've done to fix warped records in the past and now it's what i do every time with perfect results. I tried it (and perfected it) on records I didn't care about destroying first, obviously. But it's pretty simple. I bought two ceramic pizza serving plates / stones (mine are 12" but I guess you could go bigger). I then preheat my oven to 150 degrees (doesn't take long at all — a few minutes, max) and then I sandwich the record between the two smooth sides of the ceramic plates. At first I thought I'd need to take the record out after a few minutes or even less than that, but sometimes I find I have to leave the record in there for 20+ minutes (seriously). I baby sit it and continually check on it. I think the key is that the pizza ceramic stones aren't heavy enough to impose their weight into the grooves at a low-ish oven temp, but ARE heavy enough to influence the warp back to a flat state. Eventually it'll get to a point where you can tell the warp in the record isn't forcing up on the top ceramic plate anymore and that's a good sign that you're almost done. It's more of a feel thing and nowhere near a science, but I've yet to wreck a record doing it and everything I've done with it is playable afterward with no skips whereas before it was junk so, whatever. Food for thought. Here's a google image search for similar versions of what I use for this: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=ceramic+pizza+stone&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&biw=1884&bih=1126&ion=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=L-oEUf6aB_SQ0QGa54HYDQ tokimedo and shamrocks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrocks Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Also, wanted to bring up what i've done to fix warped records in the past and now it's what i do every time with perfect results. I tried it (and perfected it) on records I didn't care about destroying first, obviously. But it's pretty simple. I bought two ceramic pizza serving plates / stones (mine are 12" but I guess you could go bigger). I then preheat my oven to 150 degrees (doesn't take long at all — a few minutes, max) and then I sandwich the record between the two smooth sides of the ceramic plates. At first I thought I'd need to take the record out after a few minutes or even less than that, but sometimes I find I have to leave the record in there for 20+ minutes (seriously). I baby sit it and continually check on it. I think the key is that the pizza ceramic stones aren't heavy enough to impose their weight into the grooves at a low-ish oven temp, but ARE heavy enough to influence the warp back to a flat state. Eventually it'll get to a point where you can tell the warp in the record isn't forcing up on the top ceramic plate anymore and that's a good sign that you're almost done. It's more of a feel thing and nowhere near a science, but I've yet to wreck a record doing it and everything I've done with it is playable afterward with no skips whereas before it was junk so, whatever. Food for thought. Here's a google image search for similar versions of what I use for this: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=ceramic+pizza+stone&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&biw=1884&bih=1126&ion=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=L-oEUf6aB_SQ0QGa54HYDQ man being helpful is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrocks Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 How about a stickied: NEW TO VINYLZ faq thread. 1. How to clean your records 2. How to fix a warped record 3. What does PO mean? etc. fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbrh2001 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 If youve got money to blow... http://www.vinylflat.com/vinylflatproducts.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isavedlatin54 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 my slingshot dakota record came pretty bowled.....im going to try that pizza stone thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrocks Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 If youve got money to blow... http://www.vinylflat.com/vinylflatproducts.html i almost want to have a warped record to try that thing. my tower and the fool record definitely came warped last summer but im not sure its bad enough to take a chance on fixing, no skips or anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbenator Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Awesome thread! Thanks for all the details links!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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