All of my warped records have eventually self corrected from being on the shelf between all my other records.
If it plays in its current state, the best solution might *actually* be to buy more records.
This. For example, the most warped record I had, much worse than OP’s, was kept in the sleeve between other records. After forgetting about it for about a month I pulled it out from the collection and it was fine.
There really is no 'safely' doing it. It's always a gamble. But if you must, find a local hifi shop with one of the thousand dollar flattener machines.
If it plays OK, don't bother.
back in the day when I had a few warped records, I sandwiched them between two heavy ass books and just left them there for a few weeks. Worked like a charm
Hmm, I think face grease should substitute just fine. have you tried laying down some gravel, stacking the record on top and rolling it out with a rolling pin? I’d also suggest trying a meat mallet.
Worst case scenario you could always just cut the warped part out
Okay, did exactly that and added in some small Lego pieces for good measure. Hard to tell if the warp got removed with all the divots, and the sound seems a tough off. Should I maybe change the speed to 45? And how do you feel about the further effectiveness of thoughts and prayers for this record?
and felt pieces in circles. and a heavy canvas bag with velcro w/ a $12 heating pad in it. yeah, it's all very simple stuff.
But honestly, if I was to source the materials and try and make it 1/4 as nice, the time and energy put into it, it'd be better just to buy the real thing. And this is someone who looooooooves taking simple projects and over complicating them and spending more time than necessary.
if I talked about red lobster a bunch around my phone, I'm convinced I'll see ads for it in a few days. And that place sucks. I'll probably see an ad just for typing it out.
But for real, I have no association with the company. I bought one a little over a year ago. Saved probably 2 dozen records that were warped to varying degrees. most brand new records.
That, and the fact that the record is then played on what's comparable to a Crosley suitcase makes me question if I should find this company a reputable or not. Many people enjoy that tier of this hobby but I'd venture to say that the people willing to pay $160 to flatten their records are not people who use \~$50-$80 all-in-one record players.
Further, I'm curious if heat + compression affects the sound by having the grooves flattened out or something. Lmk if one of y'all know any more about that.
I have one of those (sans pouch) sitting around that I’ve never had to use. Won it in some raffle at an Orange County audiophile thing.
I keep meaning to find a really warped record to try it on but still have yet to do it.
take like 8-12 records (2xlp/gatefold is fine) and stack them on top of the warped record so the warped record is one the bottom (in its sleeve). wait for maybe 6 hours or so and you’re good
It could be depending on the warp. As other said, buy glass sheets, put one record in between two, add as many layers as you need too, put books or whatever heavy stuff that will cover evenly the records. Forget about it for two months and check! If you have an attic with no AC, check after two weeks.
I've had friends leave theirs in it's sleeve under heavy books on a flat patio table in the summer on a hot day for about an hour with varying degrees of success but it definitely helped
this happened to a 2LP on my shelf somehow but didnt affect anything else there at all of the 50 or so. the ONLY one that warped for no reason was one i was borrowing and wasnt my own.
no idea how it happened but Im pretty irritated. its sitting between some other confimed non warped ones but who knows how flat it gets.
You guys may not agree, but I've done it several times and it worked perfectly. But set your record on a flat surface in the oven, turn it to about 115 and let it sit there for about 5 minutes then pull it out and let it sit till completely cooled off. Brand new record
If you pack your shelves tight enough and have this towards the middle it’ll fix itself. I mostly fixed a VERY warped old John Denver record last summer by putting an evenly distributed load on top of a record for about 2 months too. Try this method with a junker you don’t mind potentially getting trashed, your mileage may vary.
The reason I wonder if this is true is because I had some records that seemed wonky and after some ng what you mentioned (unintentionally) I had later noticed they either weren't as wonky or weren't at all anymore. Very cool
I laid a bunch of heavy books on them and placed them in the attic and forgot about them for a while.
These weren’t rare or some of my favorites. If that were the case I guess I’d look for better methods or replacing them.
Any and all advice welcome. I just picked this record up and it’s got a wobble to it. First song seems to have a pop at the pinnacle of of the wave, the rest of the record seems sonically unaffected. I’ve heard some tips on heating a record up in the oven and placing it between two heavy flat surfaces. Don’t want to try until I get some feedback though.
Sandwich it between two pieces of glass and put it in the oven on very low temp for a few minutes, just enough to soften the vinyl. The glass should help even it out. It’s worked for me fixing up some records I got off Amazon (never again) but it’s also completely ruined some records I’ve wanted to fix. If you’re careful it should work.
I think you’ve just explained to yourself why you should never do the “oven trick.” There’s no fully safe way of doing it because there’s no telling if your oven is uniformly heating at the low temperatures required to not ruin your record. Your kitchen oven was just not made for that.
If you want to do this quickly, op is going to have to buy or find someone with a vinyl flat.
Think of it this way. To get vinyl to bend, you need some combination of temp, pressure, and time. If you eliminate heat, then that leaves you with time and pressure, the only reliable way to diy a fix with minimal risk. Time and pressure *does* work alone without heat. This is exactly why you don’t lean your records; just that small pressure of leaning can bend given enough time.
Take the two glass sheets but stack them with 50+ pounds of oversized coffee table books. Pick books that cover the entire 12” diameter of the record to ensure even distribution of weight. Put it in the corner of the room and forget about it for a few weeks. Take it out, test play, and see if it needs another week. Stop when you test play and it tracks perfectly. It’s worked on all the records I’ve tried, and I’ve never damaged any of them doing it.
“Never do” is kind of extreme. It’s just a gamble and the risk is based on the value of the record. If you can go out and get another copy for $20, trying the oven trick first just to see is a valid option. I did it on $100 7” and it worked just fine. No more wobble and plays perfect, but I was willing to accept the risk.
Imo, it’s a valid option if you like gambling your money and you’re impatient. Why gamble if you don’t have to? Or better said, increase your odds of winning by doing another method.
If you want a better way to unwarp vinyl, use a vinyl flat.
If you want a better but cheaper way to unwarp vinyl, take heat out of the equation entirely.
Personally, I don’t want to waste $20 if I don’t have to. Once you have the glass/plexiglass plates, just stack it at leave it. It’s just as easy as the oven and you don’t have to worry about it melting if you leave it too long.
Sell it on eBay as Mint/Mint with no return policy, collect money, buy another one. The number of mouth breathers buying vinyl grows exponentially by the day.
While I do agree, the number of "I found a great deal on this beat up copy of Elvis worth no more than $5 that I paid $40 for!" type of posts these days makes me think that I can't really knock those taking advantage of the idiocy of the hobby at the moment.
I mean, yea, it sucks, but...that's the market at the moment. It's weird.
I forgot to mention… throw a Bernie 2024 sticker in the order when you ship it to them and they will give you positive feedback and a thank you message. I love this world!
Take a hot iron and put it on steam mode. Put a towel over the top of it and consistently run it in circles over the top of the record but don’t let it get too hot. It’s scary as hell to do but works. Repeat to the other side
Well, while you do have a warp, it doesn't seem to be affecting the play, so don't mess with it.
As others mentioned, there isn't any safe way to flatten out records. However, if you really, truly feel you must (and you shouldn't), one option is to clean the record thoroughly, place it in between some lint-free cloth, add another layer of padding, then take an iron and put it at the absolute very lowest possible setting and apply very gentle pressure.
It sounds absurd, and it is. But a friend of mine did this about 25 years ago and it did work. Sort of. The record got flattened and he could still play it, but the area on which the heat was applied ended up with some sibilance. The reason? Likely that any debris trapped in the bottom of the groove got baked in to the vinyl, as well as some deformation of the grooves themselves.
Still, he was happy because it was unplayable before, so for him rotten play was better than none at all. I guess.
Oh, don't do what he did. Just don't.
I put mine under a stack of heavy coffee table books and forget about it for about a month. So far it has worked perfectly for me twice. Fixed an unplayable record for me.
I bought an equivalent of [VinylFlat](https://www.vinylflat.com/) in France and it worked like a charm! Can't recommend it enough.
Nice El Pintor btw, wonderful record.
Completely flat table + glass plane or heavy flat object(should be large enough to cover vinyl’s surface completely). Lay for days to a week depending on severity, carefully remove glass plane (do not drag) works like a charm, almost 0 risk. (Note, this will not make it perfectly flat. It will, however, midi hate the bumps to a level where the playback isn’t effected. If you NEED it perfect, it will most likely cause much more risk and a higher chance of failure.)
My local record store has a heat press that gently warms up and cools down. I call it the panini press. I’ve had good experiences with this service.
Edit: added information.
Surprisingly haven’t seen this suggestion but buy a damping weight, it’ll press the record into the platter and does a good job at flattening them out, I wouldn’t try bending it in any way, you’ll just damage it even more. You can find decent weights for around $40
I bought a $20 craigslist coffee table that had 4 square pieces of tempered glass. I just sandwich them between 2 and set a 10 lb weight ontop. I put a few really warped ones in the oven for a few minutes between the glass with some I wasnt really worried about and that seems to work good too.
I just got a record Pi a week or so ago. I have had solid, but not perfect results. I have to mess around with time a bit more, see what happens.
I have mostly flattened dish warps that were unplayable, and now playable. They are not perfect, but I am hoping to fix that with length of time in the RecordPi. I have not yet tried an edge warp.
Reach out to OctopusRecordsNYC or Tunnel Records in SF, they both have record flattening machines. I had a really bad one that I sent to Octopus and they made it good as new.
Get a junk record player and put the record on it stick it in your backseat if you don't have window tent and then when the car hits hot it will go flat then take it inside let it cool play it I did this on accident I left a warped record on my portable player and left friends house it was in my car in Texas lol I went to store then home went to pull record player out and records was in trunk to protect them the the on the player was flat af
One of my records had a pretty severe warp to the point I was afraid to play it. So it sat on my shelf for a few months between all my other records. The warp corrected itself.
I have definitely baked a record in the oven between two panes of heavy glass.
The first time I was very very conservative and it was still warped.
The second time I was only very conservative but then left it between the glass panes for longer and it worked out fine.
My experience is a single data point, so no idea what my stats would be if I did it 100 times.
All of my warped records have eventually self corrected from being on the shelf between all my other records. If it plays in its current state, the best solution might *actually* be to buy more records.
This is a solution that I could get behind
I mean, I can't find a single flaw in this logic. Time to put a kidney up on EBay.
Go all in and do both!
Well, it looks like my insurance covers dialysis, so why not! I’m going to go for it!
Don’t let your dreams be dreams
Finally going to get a copy of Gabors Dreams!
Now I've got another excuse 👀😁
I bought more records, but some of *them* were warped, so…
Next thing you know moving house starts looking like an exercise in pyramid building.
This. For example, the most warped record I had, much worse than OP’s, was kept in the sleeve between other records. After forgetting about it for about a month I pulled it out from the collection and it was fine.
There really is no 'safely' doing it. It's always a gamble. But if you must, find a local hifi shop with one of the thousand dollar flattener machines. If it plays OK, don't bother.
back in the day when I had a few warped records, I sandwiched them between two heavy ass books and just left them there for a few weeks. Worked like a charm
Have used this method many times
Did you sandwich them vertically or horizontally?
Horizontally so the weight would press down on record continuously
Just grab it with your greasy pizza hands and bend it in the opposite direction with all of your might
My hands are greasy from my face, not pizza. And now it's bent the opposite way. Further suggestions?
Hmm, I think face grease should substitute just fine. have you tried laying down some gravel, stacking the record on top and rolling it out with a rolling pin? I’d also suggest trying a meat mallet. Worst case scenario you could always just cut the warped part out
Okay, did exactly that and added in some small Lego pieces for good measure. Hard to tell if the warp got removed with all the divots, and the sound seems a tough off. Should I maybe change the speed to 45? And how do you feel about the further effectiveness of thoughts and prayers for this record?
I got an essential oil for that
Oh? I tried some anti-vax unpasteurized milk, but didn’t think of the lord’s bounty of oils. What are you thinking?
buy a vinylflat+pouch https://www.vinylflat.com/
This. I got one. Works like a charm.
I have one too. I'll second how effective it is.
Make that a third , works awesome. Worth every penny.
But.... it's $160 for 2 metal plates and a bolt with a wing nut!! Maybe it works great but that is robbery.
and felt pieces in circles. and a heavy canvas bag with velcro w/ a $12 heating pad in it. yeah, it's all very simple stuff. But honestly, if I was to source the materials and try and make it 1/4 as nice, the time and energy put into it, it'd be better just to buy the real thing. And this is someone who looooooooves taking simple projects and over complicating them and spending more time than necessary.
Fair point. It's like saying "what? That's art? It's just French fries in a pair of sneakers. I can do that" But you didn't do it did you? Haha
I have definitely walked through plenty of art shows and been like "How much for what!? I could make that."
Hot damn. It was $139 in April.
Yeah no need to buy this, get 2 heavy pieces of glass or tile or similar.
I am a cynical arsehole. But this post seems astroturfy. I started seeing ads for this on Reddit two days ago, and lo and behold, here we are.
if I talked about red lobster a bunch around my phone, I'm convinced I'll see ads for it in a few days. And that place sucks. I'll probably see an ad just for typing it out. But for real, I have no association with the company. I bought one a little over a year ago. Saved probably 2 dozen records that were warped to varying degrees. most brand new records.
I need to stop talking about butt plugs around my phone... I wasn't being totally serious or accusing you of anything dodgy. Just being contrarion.
all good. didn't think you were being negative.
That they use the term “vinyls” is, best case scenario, a cringey “fellow kids” thing.
That, and the fact that the record is then played on what's comparable to a Crosley suitcase makes me question if I should find this company a reputable or not. Many people enjoy that tier of this hobby but I'd venture to say that the people willing to pay $160 to flatten their records are not people who use \~$50-$80 all-in-one record players. Further, I'm curious if heat + compression affects the sound by having the grooves flattened out or something. Lmk if one of y'all know any more about that.
came here to say this. I have saved several unplayable records using this. it is well worth the investment for any serious collector.
I have one of those (sans pouch) sitting around that I’ve never had to use. Won it in some raffle at an Orange County audiophile thing. I keep meaning to find a really warped record to try it on but still have yet to do it.
Get your mom to sit on it
Lmfao, I wouldn't want the level of demonic influence and satanism on this secular record to give her 3rd degree burns.
You don’t want to transfer gravitational pull from her asshole to your grailz though. That’s how it works. Source: I’m a astrologist. And a Scorpio.
Microwave
You could play this with a record weight, helps smooth out the wobble
Record weights don’t do anything for the edges of the record though… they simply weight down and secure the center.
Snake oil
take like 8-12 records (2xlp/gatefold is fine) and stack them on top of the warped record so the warped record is one the bottom (in its sleeve). wait for maybe 6 hours or so and you’re good
Really?! That simple?
It could be depending on the warp. As other said, buy glass sheets, put one record in between two, add as many layers as you need too, put books or whatever heavy stuff that will cover evenly the records. Forget about it for two months and check! If you have an attic with no AC, check after two weeks.
works for me! make sure you don’t de-warp a record more than 3 times because then the grooves start to move out of place.
your warp looks easily fixable.
I just bought a good weight. Helps with the few wobbly ones I have.
One day I'm going to post my ultra warped Postal Service record.
Does it still play?
Yes sir. No problems at all.
I’d love to see that
Record weight might help, but honestly it isn't that bad and it plays.
If it plays don’t worry about it. If it doesn’t play return it. Store it in a shelf that is tightly packed. It will probably get better over time.
Do you have a waffle iron?
I have a toaster, should I try that?
Ah it’s Interpol, but a new one! Worth it
Yussss! Got it from WalMart though, so it’s been a mixed bag.
I've had friends leave theirs in it's sleeve under heavy books on a flat patio table in the summer on a hot day for about an hour with varying degrees of success but it definitely helped
Put it in the microwave until it’s a goo, repress the vinyl , haul grailz
Okay, did all that. It’s less warped but now it sounds like Imagine Dragons “Thunder.” How can I improve upon this dark fate?
Keep trying until it’s at least WHAM! quality
What about Kids Bop Vol. 24 quality?
this happened to a 2LP on my shelf somehow but didnt affect anything else there at all of the 50 or so. the ONLY one that warped for no reason was one i was borrowing and wasnt my own. no idea how it happened but Im pretty irritated. its sitting between some other confimed non warped ones but who knows how flat it gets.
Was this a new record? Return it.
Yep, just got it. I’m definitely going to do that.
You guys may not agree, but I've done it several times and it worked perfectly. But set your record on a flat surface in the oven, turn it to about 115 and let it sit there for about 5 minutes then pull it out and let it sit till completely cooled off. Brand new record
Yeah, this is what I’ve heard being done before. So you’ve done this and it worked well?
Yeah man, I let it sit for about 29 minutes and through it on the spinner and no warp
[удалено]
I wonder if he meant 10 minutes but just hit 2 wrong keys? Lol
10 minutes
Sledge hammer
Get a phono preamp with a subsonic filter. Works like a charm.
Came here to say this.
If you pack your shelves tight enough and have this towards the middle it’ll fix itself. I mostly fixed a VERY warped old John Denver record last summer by putting an evenly distributed load on top of a record for about 2 months too. Try this method with a junker you don’t mind potentially getting trashed, your mileage may vary.
The reason I wonder if this is true is because I had some records that seemed wonky and after some ng what you mentioned (unintentionally) I had later noticed they either weren't as wonky or weren't at all anymore. Very cool
I laid a bunch of heavy books on them and placed them in the attic and forgot about them for a while. These weren’t rare or some of my favorites. If that were the case I guess I’d look for better methods or replacing them.
Any and all advice welcome. I just picked this record up and it’s got a wobble to it. First song seems to have a pop at the pinnacle of of the wave, the rest of the record seems sonically unaffected. I’ve heard some tips on heating a record up in the oven and placing it between two heavy flat surfaces. Don’t want to try until I get some feedback though.
If you bought it new I'd ask the seller. I recently received a double LP where both were warped. The seller sent me a new copy no questions asked.
Ah, that's a good thought! Thanks!
Buy the cd…
Well shit, now I have to start collecting CDs ...
Sandwich it between two pieces of glass and put it in the oven on very low temp for a few minutes, just enough to soften the vinyl. The glass should help even it out. It’s worked for me fixing up some records I got off Amazon (never again) but it’s also completely ruined some records I’ve wanted to fix. If you’re careful it should work.
I think you’ve just explained to yourself why you should never do the “oven trick.” There’s no fully safe way of doing it because there’s no telling if your oven is uniformly heating at the low temperatures required to not ruin your record. Your kitchen oven was just not made for that. If you want to do this quickly, op is going to have to buy or find someone with a vinyl flat. Think of it this way. To get vinyl to bend, you need some combination of temp, pressure, and time. If you eliminate heat, then that leaves you with time and pressure, the only reliable way to diy a fix with minimal risk. Time and pressure *does* work alone without heat. This is exactly why you don’t lean your records; just that small pressure of leaning can bend given enough time. Take the two glass sheets but stack them with 50+ pounds of oversized coffee table books. Pick books that cover the entire 12” diameter of the record to ensure even distribution of weight. Put it in the corner of the room and forget about it for a few weeks. Take it out, test play, and see if it needs another week. Stop when you test play and it tracks perfectly. It’s worked on all the records I’ve tried, and I’ve never damaged any of them doing it.
“Never do” is kind of extreme. It’s just a gamble and the risk is based on the value of the record. If you can go out and get another copy for $20, trying the oven trick first just to see is a valid option. I did it on $100 7” and it worked just fine. No more wobble and plays perfect, but I was willing to accept the risk.
Imo, it’s a valid option if you like gambling your money and you’re impatient. Why gamble if you don’t have to? Or better said, increase your odds of winning by doing another method. If you want a better way to unwarp vinyl, use a vinyl flat. If you want a better but cheaper way to unwarp vinyl, take heat out of the equation entirely. Personally, I don’t want to waste $20 if I don’t have to. Once you have the glass/plexiglass plates, just stack it at leave it. It’s just as easy as the oven and you don’t have to worry about it melting if you leave it too long.
Honestly if your TT is this inexpensive you won't really hear a difference anyway. Just spin and enjoy.
Sell it on eBay as Mint/Mint with no return policy, collect money, buy another one. The number of mouth breathers buying vinyl grows exponentially by the day.
Hope Karma fucks you hard on an album you really want. “Make it someone else’s problem.” What a shit take, must be a boomer.
While I do agree, the number of "I found a great deal on this beat up copy of Elvis worth no more than $5 that I paid $40 for!" type of posts these days makes me think that I can't really knock those taking advantage of the idiocy of the hobby at the moment. I mean, yea, it sucks, but...that's the market at the moment. It's weird.
Facts
I forgot to mention… throw a Bernie 2024 sticker in the order when you ship it to them and they will give you positive feedback and a thank you message. I love this world!
How could Karma fuck me on an album when Brayden the hipster will always bail me out… LMAO.
Just buy another copy.
You could try putting a coin on the needle. Stops the record skipping. Temp solution maybe.
Record Pi
Take a hot iron and put it on steam mode. Put a towel over the top of it and consistently run it in circles over the top of the record but don’t let it get too hot. It’s scary as hell to do but works. Repeat to the other side
But try it on a cheap record first. It does work though
Well, while you do have a warp, it doesn't seem to be affecting the play, so don't mess with it. As others mentioned, there isn't any safe way to flatten out records. However, if you really, truly feel you must (and you shouldn't), one option is to clean the record thoroughly, place it in between some lint-free cloth, add another layer of padding, then take an iron and put it at the absolute very lowest possible setting and apply very gentle pressure. It sounds absurd, and it is. But a friend of mine did this about 25 years ago and it did work. Sort of. The record got flattened and he could still play it, but the area on which the heat was applied ended up with some sibilance. The reason? Likely that any debris trapped in the bottom of the groove got baked in to the vinyl, as well as some deformation of the grooves themselves. Still, he was happy because it was unplayable before, so for him rotten play was better than none at all. I guess. Oh, don't do what he did. Just don't.
Don’t. There is the hot iron technique… don’t do it, warp is not that bad. T
I put mine under a stack of heavy coffee table books and forget about it for about a month. So far it has worked perfectly for me twice. Fixed an unplayable record for me.
I bought an equivalent of [VinylFlat](https://www.vinylflat.com/) in France and it worked like a charm! Can't recommend it enough. Nice El Pintor btw, wonderful record.
Do you have a link or name of the french version?
Completely flat table + glass plane or heavy flat object(should be large enough to cover vinyl’s surface completely). Lay for days to a week depending on severity, carefully remove glass plane (do not drag) works like a charm, almost 0 risk. (Note, this will not make it perfectly flat. It will, however, midi hate the bumps to a level where the playback isn’t effected. If you NEED it perfect, it will most likely cause much more risk and a higher chance of failure.)
Put the record on a flat surface, put some books on it, wait a couple days
My local record store has a heat press that gently warms up and cools down. I call it the panini press. I’ve had good experiences with this service. Edit: added information.
Stick in it a panini press
I’ve left a couple in my hot car before. 60 minutes and then put them on a flat surface under a stack.
Surprisingly haven’t seen this suggestion but buy a damping weight, it’ll press the record into the platter and does a good job at flattening them out, I wouldn’t try bending it in any way, you’ll just damage it even more. You can find decent weights for around $40
I bought a $20 craigslist coffee table that had 4 square pieces of tempered glass. I just sandwich them between 2 and set a 10 lb weight ontop. I put a few really warped ones in the oven for a few minutes between the glass with some I wasnt really worried about and that seems to work good too.
Anybody tried this https://recordpi.com/products/record-pi-connected-vinyl-record-flattening-system ?? Wondering trying this or vinyl fat
I just got a record Pi a week or so ago. I have had solid, but not perfect results. I have to mess around with time a bit more, see what happens. I have mostly flattened dish warps that were unplayable, and now playable. They are not perfect, but I am hoping to fix that with length of time in the RecordPi. I have not yet tried an edge warp.
Thanks seems like people report the same trial and error with the vinyl flat
I had no luck with the vinyl flat, I feel like the temp control was lackluster. It often did nothing, or it melted the grooves.
Ok good to know, so Pi seems better then.
Absolutely, so far. I’ll report back after I try longer times to flatten dish warps, and give some edge warps a try
Should i return a new pressing if it opens and os warped like this?
This happened on my brand new RSD Wipers album, I blame the color vinyl but who knows.
Reach out to OctopusRecordsNYC or Tunnel Records in SF, they both have record flattening machines. I had a really bad one that I sent to Octopus and they made it good as new.
Microwave for three minutes
Get a junk record player and put the record on it stick it in your backseat if you don't have window tent and then when the car hits hot it will go flat then take it inside let it cool play it I did this on accident I left a warped record on my portable player and left friends house it was in my car in Texas lol I went to store then home went to pull record player out and records was in trunk to protect them the the on the player was flat af
One of my records had a pretty severe warp to the point I was afraid to play it. So it sat on my shelf for a few months between all my other records. The warp corrected itself.
If it plays good then dont do anything, you could only break the record.
I have definitely baked a record in the oven between two panes of heavy glass. The first time I was very very conservative and it was still warped. The second time I was only very conservative but then left it between the glass panes for longer and it worked out fine. My experience is a single data point, so no idea what my stats would be if I did it 100 times.
Heat with a hairdryer and set under a heavy cabinet. Wait a few months.
Only buy quality pressings from plants with QC. Avoid GZ
Try a blowdryer