These ten mistakes can ruin your records and impede sound quality.
Heat damage vinyl records.
For best results don t store your records in a bright window a grow room or a tanning bed.
Vinyl records are most susceptible to ultraviolet light.
It s my completely uneducated opinion that warped records these days leave the factory that way.
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10 things you should never do to your vinyl records.
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In addition avoid storing in areas where the record will be exposed to a lot of dust or airborne particles.
Heat alone unless it s 150 degrees shouldn t hurt it.
On the other hand i ve read of people who swear off ordering vinyl during the summer.
The temperature in a car can get very high and even without direct sunlight your records risk getting warped.
Which can damage records in just a few minutes.
Such as the strange looking vinyl flat flattener.
Some of the more adventurous among the vinyl community heat up the vinyl record in an oven to soften up the plastic.
Commercial products exist to aide in flattening records at home.
Whether they were exposed to uv radiation excessive heat or simple storage mistakes it s possible for your vinyl records to become warped.
Don t leave your records in your car in the sun.
This makes the record sound even worse as the crud dries and embeds itself throughout the record.
Vinyl records should always be stored in a dry cool environment.
This is where vinyl record storage guidelines part ways from indoor plant care.
However that does not mean that you can leave your precious records in your car at the parking lot under the scorching sun.
Vinyl records should never ever ever be left in the car.
Doing so only causes the stylus to spread the abrasive sludge deeper into the grooves possibly doing irreversible damage.
You will see later that the introduction of heat can help potentially tame your warped record.
Lastly never and i mean never ever leave your vinyl records in spots or places with excessive heat.
Accelerating the process at obviously a higher risk of damage.
Unlike your indoor greenery vinyl records should be.
