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Should I use tempered or regular plate glass? Could I use smooth ceramic tile?

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Use tempered glass. Ceramic tile is too thick, and you can't see the record. It will warp it even worse. Keep the record in the oven for about 5 minutes, and then pull it out with the tempered glass and put a 25 pound weight on it carefully so as not to break the glass. Then let it sit for about an hour.

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Why are my records warped when I stored them safely flat on top of each other? And why does the needle get thrown off the warped record?

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If you stack them horizontally, the 2 or 3 records on the top will be okay (probably), but on a stack too large (or left too long) you will inevitably add excessive pressure on your records. They are meant to be stored vertically with vertical support between each 6" of records. The needle gets thrown because it's meant to skate on a flat surface. A bump knocks against the needle and throws it off its course.

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How do I heat up an oven to fix my warped vinyl record if the oven only has a minimum temperature of 200 F?

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Turn your oven on to 200 and let it rise to that temperature. Turn the oven off and slide your "sandwich" inside. Crack open the oven door and pull the "sandwich" out in 5 minutes, then let it cool down with the weights on it. You may have to try it again. If your oven is hotter, just shorten the time.

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When I put the needle on the album to play it, I hear a weird pitch then it stops playing/spinning. Is my album warped?

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That sounds more like your player is broken. A warped record will play the same part over and over again, or slightly change pitch as the disc rotates.

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I have a Roy Orbison vinyl record that I’d absolutely would love to get the warp out of it. Are there any other suggestions I can do and if I put it on my turntable, would it damage it by playing it?

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Put the record in between 2 large glass panes and preheat the oven to the lowest heat setting and put it in there for 30 minutes. After let it cool until room temperature. Play it - it's already damaged, so fixing it can only prove whether or not it'll play again.

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