Stitching Vinyl Lp Pressing Defect

In a hydraulic press fitted with 2 pre heated moulds and fitted with stampers the pre heated vinyl matter is inserted into the machine sandwiched between two completely dry labels.

Stitching vinyl lp pressing defect.

This release was limited to 500 un numbered copies. They may not be 100 virgin vinyl but to cast aside pressings that aren t is severely limiting product. There s a few dodgy ones to start. Either you re pressing too cool the stampers are heated and cooled with each press or somewhere you re not taking the right amount of time each cycle.

Vinyl and jacket are in overall very good condition. The sound produced is noise a shsssshing sound that we ve all heard too often. Once the pressing process is started the labels and vinyl matter are pressed under a pressure of 100 or more tons at a temperature of 160 c 345 f for a precise. No they don t but their quality can t be denied.

This was the problem that plagued classic s early 200g quiex sv p flat. Complete package includes lacquer mastering pressings standard black vinyl record pressing color lp labels unprinted inner sleeves upc barcode and 7 full color jackets printed on 15pt white boards. The vinyl of the two companies i mentioned have not been subject to any defects and sounds fantastic. Record players with a heavier needle seem to play through this issue better.

Mint and sealed record can be less than perfect. Pressed 7 vinyl available as 33 or 45 rpm. Stitch length for sewing vinyl. Your stitch length when sewing vinyl fabric should be longer than you would use on regular fabric.

I m assuming this is a result of a pressing defect because i have ordered two copies of this lp from two different distributors and both copies feature this identical flaw. It s complicated because the parameters change during production runs and with different vinyl. Pressing vinyl is something of a lost art. Sometimes you have an entire bad breakfast.

Do they compare to a 45rpm mfsl. It occurs most often on a 180g record s outer edge and is caused by the vinyl s beginning to harden prematurely. Think of your stitching as if there were no thread in the holes created by the sewing machine needle those holes become a tear strip which will weaken the vinyl and make it prone to tearing. Non fill refers to a pressing defect that occurs when the molten vinyl does not flow fully to produce a well formed groove.