Flatten Vinyl In Oven
If it s difficult to see exactly what is happening inside your oven you may have to keep the door open so as to monitor things closely.
Flatten vinyl in oven. 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. Turn the heat off. The vinyl flat can be used with or without a heat source. Place some weight onto it approximately 1 kg.
To safely use a kitchen oven with the vinyl flat you will need to watch your digital thermometer and manually turn the oven on and off during the heating cycle to create an average temperature inside the oven. If you re in a rush you can quickly fix a warped vinyl record using an oven. Kitchen oven to heat to a vinyl safe average temperature of 130 f 54 c. As the glass heats up the vinyl record will very quickly flatten.
However most customers use our groovy pouch sold below to heat the vinyl flat as it is. 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. First place the record between 2 sheets of glass and heat it in the oven at 175 degrees fahrenheit for 3 minutes. Wait patiently until the glass has completely cooled then remove the glass and the record.
Get two large panes of glass that will fit in your oven. Your kitchen oven can be used to heat the vinyl flat provided you follow our instructions. The vinyl flat plates to protect and cushion the record during flattening. As soon as this happens turn the oven off and let it sit.
Put your vinyl glass sandwich in the oven for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to its lowest temperature setting.