Blank Vinyl or Coloured to Cut

[Itsagroovething]

Hi there, i've finally managed to get a cutter but where on earth do you get the blank vinyl from that's coloured like that and cheap??

[Steve E.]

Colored like what?

If you look on the links in my "Welcome" post, a guy named Kim Gudske is selling see-through plastic for making very hard records (they can be played on Victrolas). Trouble is, in my experience, it grinds the cutting stylus right down, at least on my recordio. I lost a brand new $70 stylus, first cut, using one of his blanks. I think you'd need a heated stylus instead, and one you don't care about or can resharpen.

Kim's a very cool guy with good and inventive ideas, and I think he posts here sometimes! He has helped me quite a bit. Just make him spell out what he's giving you, and make sure you get good directions. He also cuts records for a living, so he knows what he is talking about.

Some of the other things you've seen here are records that are cut into strange materials like picnic plates. If someone is selling colored vinyl blanks for cutting, I don't happen to know about it.

[Steve E.]

I realize now that you are responding to a "cutters and their work" thread. The answer:

Solo Picnic Plates!!!!

Retail:

http://68.178.206.191/solocup/catalog/shop/listproducts.asp?iu=&pc=13&pa=&ou=&pr=&ss=&ao=%20or%20&st=0&sale=&page=2

Bulk:

http://68.178.206.191/solocup/catalog/shop/listproducts.asp?iu=&pc=8&pa=&ou=&pr=&ss=&ao=%20or%20&st=0&sale=&page=3

Personally, I find that the opaque colored ones work better than the clear or see-through colors. My stylus seems to skate on the clear ones. I would also avoid the metalic looking "gold" colored ones. I think they contain some sort of mika or even a metal that makes them record worse. For some reason, the purple opaque ones seem especially good.

The bigger the better! They don't carry the 10" or 11" plates in my supermarket, but that would be ideal. You have to cut the rim off to record, so you are going to end up with 8" of usable surface on a 10" plate.

[Itsagroovething]

Its actually blank discs for the Kingston i'm looking for but thanks anyway.