marcvelez wrote:

Anybody has xperience in un-warping a vynil lp?
(with the vynil quality remaining as it was)

Bissia wrote:

Difficult issue. I haven't found any all working method but wraped cakes are a relatively rare occurence. I remember long ago have tried placing the black cake under weight of heavy books with little to good results. Certainly someone here may have a better trick.

da-most wrote:

Already seen there:
http://www.discogs.com/groups/topic/158063

ThirstyDragon wrote:

Best way is to send them to me, I have a private little vinyl clinic, prof. washer, AND a prof. de-warping machine (cost me a fortune but well worth it).

I had serious collectors from the states, france, germany and japan sending over their wax to me as a reference.

I can even fix bad cases, not only slight warps, and that for a small fee only: washing 2eur, de-warping (takes 4 hours a piece minimum) is 5eur. plus shipping.

Sorry for hijacking this thread though,
cheers,
philipp

thirsty_dragon at live dot de

konkordski wrote:

Dragon, which machine exactly do you have? Have you tried straightening a picture disc?

ThirstyDragon wrote:

i have an ORB-DF1. i heard the also introduced the long awaited
DF-2 but i spoke with somebody who has one and he only has problems. didnt try a pic disc so far, but i dont think there will me any problems.

i made an experiment a while ago when i first got the machine. i put a wax in the freezer and then into the sun to produce the worst possible warp. i made some clips:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ThirstyDragon#p/u

ajtonic wrote:

Oh fuck you are a VINYL GOD!!!

What part of the world do you live in?

ThirstyDragon wrote:

Haha, yeah, I resurrect the DEAD!!!

I'm in Germany......

konkordski wrote:

Can you try and report the results here? I heard it can be problematic, not the straightening but something with the picture finish, like heat could damage it.
I have few that need to be straightened .

ThirstyDragon wrote:

Somebody send me a warped PicDisc please......

ThirstyDragon wrote:

Ok, I tried a PicDisc today, no affects to the pic.. :)

la-voie-du-sabre wrote:

impressive

konkordski wrote:

Have you played any of the treated records? No sound deterioration due to groove melt?

ThirstyDragon wrote:

Nah, the temperature is balanced in a way it wont affect the sound.
The wax gets gently heated to approx 50°C for about 2 hours, and it has to cool down slowly for 2 hours.

I have total trust in the machine. The first record I treated was a 1000$ rap record from my collection BACK TO THE LAB compilation on Over Due records. Rex Kramer style... ;)

la-voie-du-sabre wrote:

why did i hear schwarzie's voice?

ThirstyDragon wrote:

:)