I can t return and get a new one either as it is a rare pressing of a clash ep and will be difficult to replace.
Slightly warped vinyl.
If you check the prices now the red vinyl one is worth.
The basis of this if i recall correctly is that a warped vinyl disc will always try to resist efforts to change its shape so essentially you are fighting the record s vinyl memory.
If you have a warped record give method 1 a try before you embark on an unnecessary and possibly dangerous quest.
Place some weight onto it approximately 1 kg.
But it s slightly bugging me that the record is slightly warped if only for aesthetic reasons.
If you re in a rush you can quickly fix a warped vinyl record using an oven.
So i ended up with a normal one.
Whichever way you decide to go just remember that a slightly warped record that plays is better than one that looks like a salad bowl because you accidentally overheated it in your oven.
It tracks the groove fine and doesn t skip or bounce or anything and sounds great.
Then wait for about 10 minutes.
How to fix a warped record.
Not much more than the original.
After sending several back cr automatically checked and flattened records before they sent them to me at no extra charge.
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.
For the extremely unreasonable costs of vinyl records these days i would accept no warp whatsoever.
You have reminded me of when i bought a queen 12 of one vision red vinyl and it was warped.
Then take the glass and record out of the oven and place a heavy object on top of the glass until everything is fully cooled.
Even only a couple hundred miles away sometimes i would receive slightly warped records from classic records.
I have recently purchased a slightly warped vinyl record.
There is a phenomenon called vinyl memory that the audio writers in the 70s and 80s used to write about in the context of warped vinyl.
We highly recommend you try the 1 st method to fix warped record before going on an unnecessarily dangerous and risky adventure.