Re: [313] recovering vinyl

2000-12-12 Thread c c
A technique for recovering warped vinyl that i've used, that my friend who is a hip hop Dj told me, is to place the record on a towel on top op a clothes dryer, and then place a wholbunch of books etc. on top of it when you dry your clothes. Has done the trick for me b4. I warped an

RE: [313] recovering vinyl

2000-12-11 Thread David Gillies
Actually, putting it between two sheets of glass (with the top one weighted down) and then leaving it in direct sunlight for several hours does the job quite nicely. Of course, you DO need it to be kind of sunny... Uuuhhh, I'd be pretty careful with that statement. Depending on where you are,

RE: [313] recovering vinyl

2000-12-10 Thread FC3 Richards
put it in direct sunlight with a heavy object on top of it...or try buying a new one. i find the latter works the best jeff -Original Message- From: Mary Cuddehe [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 6:38 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: [313] recovering

RE: [313] recovering vinyl

2000-12-10 Thread phred
erm, I'm not sure that putting it in direct sunlight with a heavy object on top of it will actually work real well. (Is this an unknown Monty Python sketch?) I could see putting it in sunlight to soften up the vinyl and *then* putting a heavy flat object on it. My experience is that this

RE: [313] recovering vinyl

2000-12-10 Thread Jenny Cigarettes
@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: [313] recovering vinyl Date: 10 Dec 2000 02:53:46 - erm, I'm not sure that putting it in direct sunlight with a heavy object on top of it will actually work real well. (Is this an unknown Monty Python sketch?) I could see putting it in sunlight to soften up the vinyl

Re: [313] recovering vinyl

2000-12-10 Thread Dave Dawson
A technique for recovering warped vinyl that i've used, that my friend who is a hip hop Dj told me, is to place the record on a towel on top op a clothes dryer, and then place a wholbunch of books etc. on top of it when you dry your clothes. Has done the trick for me b4. D on 12/9/00 6:38 PM,

Subject: Re: [313] recovering vinyl

2000-12-10 Thread David Hampson
I've used the hair dryer/airing cupboard/sink of hot water method then put it under a huge pile of records - normally its reasonably successful but the record will never be perfect again. Also if its warped really badly even going over it with a steam roller won't do any good! If you need to