How to flatten Vinyl Albums


I found the following suggestion on the web and wondered if anyone had tried it?

It suggests: cleaning the record;
placing it between two sheets of clean and perfectly
flat plate glass; heating to about 135 degs. F;
leave at this heat for 10 minutes;
remove heat and place some heavy books on top of the
glass for 24 hours.
If the warp is not removed then not enough heat
has been applied. Heat should not exceed 150 degs. F as damage may
occur.

I also heard this from a record dealer, but I have always tried to keep all albums away from heat
williewonka
Best way to flatten them is to run them over with a truck. It destroys the sound quality, but the will be flat.
Do a search of prior thread "warped lp's," it will give you a bunch of info.
There is a treatise on a company making units to flatten LP's in the October Stereophile. This may be the safest bet to flatten valuable LP's.
...and expensive.

glass in the oven will do fine. 10 minutes may be too short though. Be sure to leave it in the oven for the 24 hours with the oven off unless you like your licorice pizza crispy.

Rega glass platters work great because they're the optimal size and the thickness gives you the optimal weight, without the books as well as distributing and holding the heat optimally.
I did it the following way: I placed the record between to pieces of granite, set in the center of my backyard with my tool box on top. I did it in mid July. Left it out for an hour or so, then turned the water hose and cooled it down. It's the only good thing about summer in the Great Southwest Desert. Tarsando do you leave the cover on or off ;