Flat vinyl records... Please chip-in to insite!

Hello czarivey - 
I don't know how much light has to do with the process as much as the heat the direct sunlight produces.  A sunlamp might work for you.  

Check out the VinylFlat site.  You don't have buy their self-heating gizmo.  Instead they suggest an oven temp of 130F.  for flattening vinyl clamped between two glass plates.

Hope this is useful.

http://vinylflat.com/vinylflatproducts.html

Good luck with these methods!!!!!!

I tried oven. 
Direct sunlight between 11am and 3pm works best even at lower temperatures.

The old Metal Halide lamps would easily provide this light/heat. These bulbs are for growing and used to cost as much as $500-$1,000 depending on wattage.

MAtt

The oven technique is a little tricky but works. The secret is to find the right temperature and time. A good starting place is 150 degrees F for 5 minutes. It also helps to sandwich the LP between two sheets of glass to ensure the LP comes out flat. Also weight down the top sheet of glass with fishing weights or similar. Nothin’ says lovin’ like something from the oven. 🍪 🍪 🍪 🍪

I have used the Vinyl Flat and have the Furutech (made by Orb). When I first got the Furu, I figured- go the limit 2.5 hours of heat- it did flatten some badly warped records, but caused other problems to crop up. I now adjust the heat duration to more closely match the weight of the record and severity of the warp, with far better results. (Shocker- this is what the manual instructs).
When I was using the Vinyl Flat, I used a gradual, incremental approach- 2.5 hours heat, long cool down. If that didn't do it, I would increase the heat cycle by a 1/2 hour. This worked pretty effectively, but was far more time consuming (admittedly at far lower cost that the Orb/Furutech). 
I have no idea how much heat you'd want from a lamp, CZ. If I recall, Vinyl Flat suggested measuring the temp inside their pouch and considered 140F to be an appropriate temperature. That was in a heating pouch that was velcro sealed around the compression plates. 

At the price of the Vinyl Flat, why bother with sunlight or an oven?!

Actually i must agree with bdp AND wart. 
I was trying to void spending 4 figures, but VinylFlat would be indeed great professional tool.

Duh!!!

@czarivey,

I just assumed that someone with your posting history would have researched the many posts on the various methods of lp flattening which included the Vinyl Flat.

Your question regarding a bulb for your intended use, also seemed to me in this day and age, a somewhat inappropriate way to go about flattening records with the safety of the lp in mind. Not to mention ironing?

My comment included this hope plus a dose of humor built in. My brand of humor isn't recognized here it seems.

Happy Listening!

@slaw 
I always recognize humor and certainly recognize the quality and quantity of information on certain subject. 

Put a fairly warped record in the Vinyl Flat for a few weeks and rather than putting it in the oven I set it over the heat vent in my floor.  Max heat 72 F. from a forced air furnace.  It came out perfectly flat, didn’t expect that at all.  Appears to be a great product. 

I tried a  couple albums in the Vinyl Flat heated pouch at 2 1/2 to 3 hrs and nothing happened.  Then I upped the time to 3 1/2 hrs for standard vinyl and 4 1/2 hours for 180 gram.  nice flat records, no downside.