Hot Wax on Vinyl

 by fungus amungus
We don't have very many candle holders in our apartment, but we do have plenty of tall candles. Go figure. As long as I'm playing around with making a fruit bowl or lampshade I might as well continue with throwing records into the oven and reshaping them.

This time around there are no cuts to make. All you need is a record, an oven, some corks, a knife, and an apple.

The apple is very important.
 
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Step 1: Cut Some Cork

Looking around my apartment for cylindrical forms that are the same width as a tapered candle, I found that corks are perfect.

When you find four good specimens, cut off a half-inch or so, this part is up to you. Cut one first to use as a guide for the size of the others. Corks can have angled or rounded ends and the cut helps to flatten out one side.
Shut Up Now says: Dec 7, 2008. 8:32 PM
i love the last step.
Peter3D says: Sep 14, 2007. 8:25 AM
Drill four holes in the record and fasten the corks with a screw so that they'll 'keep up' while the record softens. Remove the screws (and corks) as the record has herdened again.
kzaaaaa in reply to Peter3DFeb 29, 2008. 9:00 PM
except that the idea is to not drill holes in the record.
fair child says: Dec 19, 2006. 9:48 AM
Oh about Rachel Ray... She is sooooo annoying... and wayyyyyy over-rated!
hethlee says: Dec 15, 2006. 6:09 PM
this is too cool i LOVE the whole idea of melting records i've been wanting to do it for many years now... i think this has finally made me do it!
JakeTobak says: Dec 14, 2006. 3:22 PM
Did you get your Vinyl ideas from Rachel Ray?
fungus amungus (author) in reply to JakeTobakDec 14, 2006. 3:31 PM
You asked me that before. I've never heard of Rachel Ray before you mentioned her.
fungus amungus (author) in reply to fungus amungusDec 14, 2006. 3:40 PM
OK. Now I know why this all looks so familiar to you. The air date was less than two months ago.

This idea has been bounced around for years, by the way.
Tool Using Animal in reply to fungus amungusDec 14, 2006. 4:01 PM
Rachel ray is a chunky chick with a scarily big mouth and a noisome voice and she's obsessed with EVOO, olive oil to the rest of us. BTW they've been selling record chip bowls in catalogs for years, but you've certainly taken this a step beyond.
Crash2108 in reply to Tool Using AnimalDec 15, 2006. 7:06 AM
Everyone loves her. I can't stand her.
JakeTobak in reply to fungus amungusDec 14, 2006. 3:42 PM
Sorry about that, last time I asked I didn't see my post show up and I didn't care enough to repost it, and it didn't show up this time until I logged in again. I'm not sure why though.
spinach_dip says: Dec 14, 2006. 3:56 PM
Wax Trax
fungus amungus (author) in reply to spinach_dipDec 14, 2006. 6:01 PM
Yes. My Life with the Thrill Melt Kult.
Coolbreaze says: Dec 14, 2006. 3:03 PM
Polyvinyl chloride
zachninme says: Dec 14, 2006. 3:02 PM
Interesting... The next project will be a record player made from a few records :-P
Crash2108 says: Dec 14, 2006. 1:25 PM
Hmm, chlorine.
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