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Tutorial on DIY fashionable fruit plate made from vinyl records

Tutorial on DIY fashionable fruit plate made from vinyl records

Tutorial on DIY stylish fruit plate made from vinyl records to bring your records back to life. There are 2 tutorials here, one for classic style and one for trendy style. Let’s get started with a very simple eco-friendly production tutorial.

Main materials:

Vinyl records, ordinary records

Tools required:

Oven utility knife

Ruler and graver

Production steps:

Step 1:

Tutorial on DIY fashionable fruit plate made from vinyl records

Let’s make the classic style first. The first step is heating. You can do this by putting it in the oven or microwave, don't make it too hot, just let it warm. Set the temperature to 100 degrees and let the record get hot and soft for two to three minutes.

Other heating methods include: soaking in hot water or heating with a heat gun.

Step 2:

Tutorial on DIY fashionable fruit plate made from vinyl records

Take it out. Fold it into various shapes in your own way.

Several methods: 1. Put it on top of a bowl, then it will be in the shape of a bowl after cooling; 2. Put it inside the bowl, and it will also be in the shape of a bowl when it comes out; 3. Put it in a canAbove the head,

If you don’t like the shape, reheat it in the oven and reshape it.

Step 3:

Tutorial on DIY fashionable fruit plate made from vinyl records

Another way to shape: Carve lines first to facilitate shaping after heating. You have to use some tools.

Step 4:

Tutorial on DIY fashionable fruit plate made from vinyl records

This line pattern can be found in many places, you can refer to it.

Step 5:

Tutorial on DIY fashionable fruit plate made from vinyl records

Put it in the oven to heat and set the temperature to 200 degrees. You will see that as the temperature increases, the vinyl slowly softens. Then you have to take it out immediately, draw lines, and shape it, because after the temperature cools, the vinyl will soften. It will become hard and impossible to shape.

If you have a heat gun, you can also do partial repairs.

Step 6:

Tutorial on DIY fashionable fruit plate made from vinyl records

The resulting shape should look like this.

Step 7:

Tutorial on DIY fashionable fruit plate made from vinyl records

Simple tutorial. Stylish styling. Not bad right.