How to flatten Vinyl Albums

agreed. Classic Records in particular seem to be negligent. Having said that, there is some benefit in deep cleaning even new record, regardless of the apparant shape it in.

Clean your record and place it in a clean paper sleeve with a center hole. Place the record between two plates of glass. Place a heavy object on top (40-50lbs). Wait two weeks, remove and inspect. Still warped? Repeat until flat. If you're in a hurry, try the oven method. Once I used the oven method without success, so I just laid it on a shelf and it flattened after a couple of weeks.

After giving this topic some thought, I remembered that my wife has an electric warming pad for her back, which should provide adequate heat to releive the stresses in the vinyl in a slow and controlled manner.

Combine this with two pieces of heavy glass plate and it may just produce the desired results

I'll keep you posted!

BYW - Mikkysix: from another thread - what is PRaT?

PRat= Pace, Rythym and Timing

A black hole is your best bet... A black hole will infinitely flatten your warped records into a singularity.