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Warped records

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:46 pm
by pangaea
Dammit, I put in a £55 order to Boomkat, recieve my records, and the majority of them are warped :(

What do I do? Send them back? Or has anyone had any success in un-warping vinyl before?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:59 pm
by marsyas
i have never recieved warped records from boomkat.

but i am sure if you contact them, they will work something out with you.
cool cats there.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:21 pm
by seckle
the sun and two sheets of glass does work. just be careful not to leave it there too long.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:39 pm
by struggle
yeah, in the summer i'm always a little scared when opening a box of fresh vinyl.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:48 am
by techmouse
In the airing cupboard between two heavy books.

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:51 pm
by joseph-j
If they were ALL warped, sounds like they were warped on route and not at Boomkat.

Likewise I've never had an issue with them...

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:06 pm
by metalboxproducts
If you look around you should find a couple of threads relating to this issue. There is a number of methods you can use to rewarp your wax.

1, Leave them at the back of a pile of records for a long time.

2, put them under a pile of heavy books for a long time.

3, Iron them through a towel on a low heat setting. This is you quickest solution .

4, Don't bother sending them back it takes to long.

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:55 pm
by kozee
seckle wrote:the sun and two sheets of glass does work. just be careful not to leave it there too long.
moms told me that too.

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:26 pm
by mudda
I reckon it's the summer time that does it.

If they weren't warped at Boomkat then they could have been sitting in a hot Royal Mail van for hours just warping away.

I keep all my wax in blocks of about 2 foot - the weight of them all has evened out any wobbles, but that's over a period of a year or more.