Stitching Vinyl Lp Pressing Defect

Mint and sealed record can be less than perfect.

Stitching vinyl lp pressing defect.

Pressed 7 vinyl available as 33 or 45 rpm. They may not be 100 virgin vinyl but to cast aside pressings that aren t is severely limiting product. The sound produced is noise a shsssshing sound that we ve all heard too often. No they don t but their quality can t be denied.

There s a few dodgy ones to start. The vinyl of the two companies i mentioned have not been subject to any defects and sounds fantastic. This was the problem that plagued classic s early 200g quiex sv p flat. Non fill refers to a pressing defect that occurs when the molten vinyl does not flow fully to produce a well formed groove.

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. Pressing vinyl is something of a lost art. New reissues can have surface noise due to defects in modern manufacture. 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.

Do they compare to a 45rpm mfsl. Stitch length for sewing vinyl. 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. Sometimes you have an entire bad breakfast.

This release was limited to 500 un numbered copies. There is and was no suspect qc on those pressings. 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. Vintage records can look in excellent condition but be noisy due to use of impure vinyl and old cost cutting practice with some plants.

It occurs most often on a 180g record s outer edge and is caused by the vinyl s beginning to harden prematurely. It s complicated because the parameters change during production runs and with different vinyl. Vinyl and jacket are in overall very good condition. Your stitch length when sewing vinyl fabric should be longer than you would use on regular fabric.