[ELI5] How can we use Vinyl for siding when Vinyl records warp?

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Wouldn’t the heat and the climate change impact the look of it? I think this should be a chemistry/engineering post

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Vinyl is named because of the material, PVC, polyvinyl chloride. Depending on how you make PVC, it can be stiff or flexible. The rigid material is used for sidings, while the flexible material is used for clothing.

While vinyl records are temperature sensitive, that’s because their design needs to be very precise. Siding is not nearly as demanding; a 1mm warp in a record will significantly impact its quality, while a 1mm warp in a piece of siding would be unnoticeable.

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