Melted Vinyl Record Flowers

Choose a bowl that is a little smaller than the record and set it right side up onto a baking sheet.

Melted vinyl record flowers. A few minutes i. However those old records that are scratched chipped or only worth um nothing are fair game. Place the cylinder in the bottom of the oven and put record directly over its centre for about 10 seconds or until it starts to melt. To further protect your baking sheet.

Using the oven mitts carefully but quickly remove the cookie sheet and its contents from the oven. Step 1 preheat your oven to 200 to 250 f 100 to 120 c and open a window. Watch more great craft ideas videos. This is very important as the melting vinyl will give off fumes that are not safe to breathe in step 2 set a metal or glass heat safe bowl onto a baking sheet.

I make these by melting the vinyl petal by petal. The record bowl is probably the most well known vinyl craft and possibly the easiest. If it can stay a record certainly keep it making music. One of my signature products is a vinyl record flower.

But you don t need it that hot necessarily. You just put the record over a heat safe dish in the oven for a few seconds and. Keep a close eye on the record. Vinyl records are easy to melt and shape.

Move the oven rack to the bottom of the oven. When the record is melted down over the vase or mason jar it is time to take it out of the oven. Take a pencil and mark through the center onto the object below. Remove the cylinder and vinyl with oven gloves and squeeze.

Remove the record from the jar or vase and while the vinyl is still very warm and pliable define the shape if you desire. Center your record over the item you want it to melt to. When the oven s hot pop the sheet bowl and record in there ensuring that the record is still centered correctly. For 45s it s better to take them out just after they ve begun.

In order to make record bookends you just have to boil water about an inch in a flat bottomed heat resistant container and dip the record into the hot water. Fill in the hole in the center of the record if you want your finished item to be able to hold water without leaking. Place scotch tape over the hole on the side that will face inside your finished item.