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Melting a Vinyl Record into a Bowl
Published June 27, 2007 Art , Design , Fun , Things to Make 27 Comments27 Responses to “Melting a Vinyl Record into a Bowl”
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This is so cool. Wish I had a functioning oven! 🙂 I want to try making a wrist cuff, too.
Wow this looks great. I’m gonna go out and buy some records just for this.
I don`t want to disturb your work or fun but you might want to check these pages regarding the possible health concerns from heating vinyl or PVC.
Click to access vinyl.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride#_note-18
Hi, This brings back memories. In fifth grade at South Ward Elementary School in Clearwater, Florida my teacher was Mrs. Clarke. Eisenhower was the president, so it was in the early 50’s. This was our take-home-to-the-parents Christmas present project. A hotplate with almost boiling water was used, and we carefully submerged 1/4 of the record, removed it and pushed the side up on a flat surface. We repeated 4 times till we had a flat bottom and 4 upturned side. Not fancy like these, but I thought they were just wonderful.
I love this idea. I may have to try it.
Thanks!
REALLY COOL
You wouldn’t put your baby into an over and turn it into a bowl.
So why would you do it to vinyl albums? T_T
So Cool, thanks! I can’t wait to try it. Oh, and this is WAY better than letting the records go to the landfill!
“You wouldn’t put your baby into an over and turn it into a bowl.”
You don’t know me.
Definately agree with checking out Toxin saftey of melting vinyl in home oven regarding cooking your food after melting record, toxic fumes, fumes around baby’s lungs, and
melted record coming in contact with unwrapped food. Perhaps a second oven on the back porch? It does look cool. B.
We did theese in art class…butbefore we melted them, we drew on them with colored pencils(it was a project on sound waves) we had to listen to the record first, then draw what we thought the sound would look like. the only hard part about drawing on them, is that you have to draw against the”grain’ so circles and squares were hard. Then our art teacher took them home and melted them. The results were amazing, and i’m making one right now for my grandmother’s birthday.(just an add-on gift)
Oh god… You’re comments make puke you people…
“Oh, and this is WAY better than letting the records go to the landfill!”
So to you the only two options are… destroy it… or throw it away? How about you…. oh… I dunno… PLAY IT…. Or… sell them… or give them away to any number of people who’d be glad to have them.
Who the hell just throws away a record unless it’s been cared for so badly that’s it’s unplayable? In which case… you probably deserve to die from toxic asphyxiation for being such an invalid waste of life.
Also, this material was not designed to be a bowl… as soon as you put stuff in it, it’ll immediately get scratched up and shitty looking. It’s not made to putting stuff on/in.
But then again, if you had that consideration… you’re records wouldn’t be so bad that’d you consider doing something so stupid as this.
I’m guessing a lot more people made similar comments that you promptly deleted. lol
Here’s a link to my unique funky vinyl art, plus more.
http://www.behance.net/gallery/GLASS-CANVAS-2014/5562063
Oh please, it’s The Bay City Rollers and its scratched so I’m turning into a bowl, hahahahaha