Hi , i know there are already several topics on this ! but i need to know if there is a really safe and 100% effective way of flattening a warped 45 ? i have recently purchased a 45 with a big warp , and its in great condition , so i wouldnt want to return it to the seller ! so i was wondering if there is anyone out there , that has a specialist machine to do the job properly ? i know that people say you can do it with an iron , or between two peices of heated glass , or with weights etc ! but i really dont want to try one of these methods and f**k a perfectly good record up , the 45 actually plays fine , but its just annoying that it makes the tone arm jump so much , and it would just make me feel a whole lot better if i could correct the problem ! any advice would be great

cheers

Think Brad Hales offers this service,mr blue on here

Thanks , ill give him a pm right now !

for what it's worth there is pretty much no 100% safe way to flatten a record and different types of warps respond differently. Brad has an actual dewarper machine though so it's at least safer than putting it in an oven.

Bob,can you send the guy a link to Brads site,pc's playing up again

  On 01/09/2011 at 17:29, boba said:

for what it's worth there is pretty much no 100% safe way to flatten a record and different types of warps respond differently. Brad has an actual dewarper machine though so it's at least safer than putting it in an oven.

Whats a dewarper machine do & how does it do it ?

Best Russ

Storage warps can be fixed, even fairly bad ones, Brad's machine works fantastically well on storage warps. But there is little you can do with heat crinkle in records, here the wax has stretched.

Mr blue already found and contacted ! thanks as the record in question just has a warp , brad should be able to sort it out for me quite easily then ! i wanted to ask about how good it was first though , because the 45 i have is in mint condition with not a scratch in sight and sounds perfect , so if the de warping doesnt have and bearing on sound quality and doesnt damage the groove id be all for it ! thanks for the info guys .....

  On 01/09/2011 at 17:39, soulgirl85 said:

Mr blue already found and contacted ! thanks as the record in question just has a warp , brad should be able to sort it out for me quite easily then ! i wanted to ask about how good it was first though , because the 45 i have is in mint condition with not a scratch in sight and sounds perfect , so if the de warping doesnt have and bearing on sound quality and doesnt damage the groove id be all for it ! thanks for the info guys .....

i would be very cautious about dewarping a record that plays perfectly. if it has a big dish warp i might send it get dewarped, otherwise i would leave it alone.

Leave it and live with it if it aint broke dont fix it.