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Vinyl Repair?

Last night my wife was putting on our near mint condition original Tusk pressing and proceeded to drop it. In the process of catching it, she put a pretty good gouge into the first 2 songs, resulting in healthy pops I'd like to eliminate if possible. I’ve checked out a couple of YouTube vids on how to fix, but figured I’d trust people here to truly know. Seems like my options are 1) Put weight on needle and hope that somehow regrooves it (also seems like no one here is going to advocate for using your stylus in this manner) 2) the toothpick trick which seems to get good reviews and 3) some sort of 1500 grit sandpaper which seems insane.

Any advice pre divorce?

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jji666
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Preheat oven to 250F.  Place turntable in oven and place vinyl on platter.  Close oven for 5 minutes then play the damaged area on the record.  

Turn preamp to "DAC."

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You would get divorced over the worst Fleetwood Mac album EVER!

   

"Pre-divorce" advice:

               If you have a well-appointed sound room, KEEP THE HOUSE!

     Far as the vinyl (unless you have the hands of a Neurosurgeon), look here:

                      https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/10233528?ev=rb

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Hey all, 

Just a postscript on this.  For Christmas I bought a nice ProJect record cleaner and while cleaning some of my top choices I did finally try the toothpick trick on the Tusk record.  It wasn't a 100% fix but there was improvement as a result.  

I do still need to spend some time on discogs.  Might be a topic for a new thread, but what grade do most people here aspire to, and how much do you trust the ratings?  

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