Thursday, October 30, 2008

DJ Qbert's 'How to Fix a Warped Record'

by Larry Gamboa, HAWT San Diego

I came across this super dope video by DJ Qbert a while back. This video shows us how to fix a warped record the eco-friendly way. Basically it involves placing the warped piece of vinyl between 2 glass tables (in the video he uses one glass table and one wooden table) while letting a heat source, like the hot sun, bake the vinyl. After a few minutes or so the vinyl will soften up and then he 'bends' it back to shape. Pretty cool technique check it out...

2 comments:

Unknown said...

great tip man, ive always tried the stack of books but it never seemed to work!

i heard about the oven trick but that just was a bit too scary

Mr. Gamboa said...

I've actually tried using books myself. Even leaving the record under for a full week but no luck.

He mentions using a heater, an oven, and a blow dryer. But those seem sketchy to me. Using the glass tables and the sun seem to be a great trick. I'll try it out once i get some glass tables.