Dished record. Any tips/tricks to remedy it?

milltown

I have a record, bought a month or two ago that is dished/concave/convex, call it what you will. I haven't even looked into sending it back yet so there's still that route to consider, but are there any trusted techniques for flattening out a dished or warped record?

It plays fine but on one side if I cue it up and then let it go, it wheelspins for a few seconds before gradually catching up with the platter. If I start it with a nudge it goes flying, then eventually slows down.

I'm guessing some combination of heat and pressure should fix it but wondering how hard it might be and what sort of results might be likely.

Cheers!

francois

Stick a big pile of 12's on top of it, leave for a good week, has worked for me in the past

tossy

AS above but use something else to apply pressure,as there is no easier way to ruin the covers of a stack of 12's than stacking them flat on top of one another.

Also place the record 'dished' side down - if that makes sense i.e so the hump is sticking up.

old gregg

bitd we'd put the record between 2 sheets of glass and leave it in the sun to flatten it out. It worked reasonably well on a summers day. I suppose in theory you could do the same thing in the oven on a very low (defrost) heat. I've never tried that though.

Executive Steve

Bend it back a few times, usually sorts it out sooner or later. Francois's tip is a winner too.