Warped

[bob4333]

By all means try the two sheets of glass and sun / oven approach if you think you can make it work: the theory suggests it's a winner and I really wish you well with it.

I tried it (gentle oven method) and once released from the glass sandwich had a minimal improvement in the flatness - if at all. What I did get was a horrible glaze across the areas where the glass touched the record surface suggesting a flattening and distortion of the groove peaks - and I'd taken hours running it up to temperature and allowing it to gently cool. This was on an LP that now sells on ebay for eye watering amounts of money that I'd had from new. What did an album cost in 1973?

In a recent thread this advice was offered by Alfonzo "I have just had some warped unplayable lps flattened by analogue seduction for about £4 per lp plus post and in all cases they are now playable". This seems a much safer approach to me.

If only I'd known at the time.

[Simon_Nottingham]

In a recent thread this advice was offered by Alfonzo "I have just had some warped unplayable lps flattened by analogue seduction for about £4 per lp plus post and in all cases they are now playable". This seems a much safer approach to me.

That does sound like a better option.

[ianlenco]

I have a copy of Renaissance's first album from 1969 I think.


It developed a nasty warp which made it virtually unplayable. After a couple of years I dug it out again and some by some strange magic it was now flat and played fine! So, put your album away and give it a couple of years for the anti-warp fairies to do their work

[Pierre De Grenoble]

In a recent thread this advice was offered by Alfonzo "I have just had some warped unplayable lps flattened by analogue seduction for about £4 per lp plus post and in all cases they are now playable". This seems a much safer approach to me.

If only I'd known at the time.

I have used the glass (10mm float) in the sun on the patio and it works, the record was flatter and playable, the downside was that I could hear it and it wasn't subtle..

I'd love to know how others got on with analogue seduction's service.

[struth]

I knew someone who used big glazed tiles in oven.. low heat when at right temp tokkthem out and sandwiched the record which was in a paper sleeve. Left it for a few hrs to cool. Worked well.
Ive been lucky and dont have much probs with warps.
I guess its better to try with a non valuable one first