Melting Temperature Of Vinyl Record
Make sure you have adequate ventilation for this project melting vinyl can produce harmful fumes.
Melting temperature of vinyl record. Eg does it drip or become soft and bendable etc what would be the ideal method of melting. A typical vinyl record can start warping due to heat at a temperature of 140 f 60 c and can melt at temperatures exceeding 212 f 100 c. Does anyone know the melting point of a vinyl record and the consistency it is when it melts. I recently saw a bowl made of melted and twisted old vinyl records.
People such as examiner music writer former local dj and david sadof who do craft art using lps generally use an oven at only 200. Remove the cylinder and vinyl with oven gloves and squeeze. The frame of a vinyl window is made out of pvc polyvinylchloride. Those in long term storage should be kept at 45 to 50 f 7 to 10 c.
Pvc is the world s third most widely produced synthetic plastic polymer after polyethylene and polypropylene about 40 million tons of pvc are produced each year. 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. All you need is an old vinyl record a heat safe bowl an oven and a few minutes of free time. Straight pvc has a.
Though relative humidity rh is considered less an issue for vinyl than other recorded media 13 it is recommended that lps be stored at 45 to 50 rh. Melting vinyl shout outs. St george s the jewel in the heart of kemptown. The digital cd was invented in the late 1960s by james t.
Record store day 2020. The future of the music industry. These crafty creations can be used for any storage purpose and make great gifts. Other factors such as humidity sunlight exposure and improper storage can drastically impact the resilience of a record.
Vinyl records should never ever ever be left in the car. The properties of pvc will depend on the additives and other components added during the compounding step. Melting vinyl s 2019 gig record picks of the year. From good old wikipedia store in use lps at a temperature of 65 to 70 f 18 to 21 c.
You can easily turn any old unwanted vinyl records into unique bowls. Rigid sometimes abbreviated as rpvc and flexible. More info built by paul ferguson for melting vinyl 2020. It took awhile but the cd eventually replaced cassette tapes and vinyl records as the music medium of choice.