Scratched CDs....
 

What have you found that really works for scratchd CDs? I'm not talking ones with HUGE scrapes on them that would never come out, but say you had a few had been in a drawer in your truck, that has seen better days....what works to get out scratches?

Take them to a store that buys and sells used CD's and movies. They can resurface them pretty cheap.

I've heard toothpaste will fix one too, but I'd sooner use something designed for the job.

Skip Dr. is what I use. You can find 'em at Best Buy, Wal Mart, pretty much anywhere where music is sold I guess.

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Since I got my sirius 3 years ago, I have not even listened to a cd in my tractor.
I have over 500 record albums from my child hood and it took me years to get out of the old school mentality and begin buying cds to which now I have at least 600 and have not listened to one in the last year or so even at home, Satelite has taken over my life... Help....

Timberwolf

tried that years ago....dont really work. I mean it cleans more than repairs....just a gimmik to waste your money.

Rev. had a good idea....i did have one CD i took to a CD recycle store, and it was pretty much brand new. dont know what they use, but i'd like one. =)

someone told me car wax does the trick, but again, i would rather go somewhere or use something designed for the job.

They use an electric machine that basically sands the top layer of the CD off. Very fine grit sandpaper with special chemicals.

+1 :thumbsup: I use to work part time at a video store and they have a resurfacing machine and resurface DVD's and CD's. It wasn't sandpaper, but rather more like scratchy pads and paste with varying degrees of abrasives. The machine spun the DVD's and CD's over the paste applied pads. Worked on most all scratches!

So how much does this cost?

Probably wont help threadstarter but I use to carry around CD's all the time but then I ended up buying an MP3 player and a powerfull "portable" speaker from Best Buy. It is about 7 inches in diameter and cost a litlle over $100.00.

I use to use casette adapters but they are all junk. I plug my MP3 player into portable speaker and power that with a power inverter. I have over 1,200 songs on my MP3 player so I set it to random play and it is just like having your own radio station.

I would go through my CD's and write down all my favorite songs from each CD and download them off of the internet to my I-POD.

Last I checked, it was like $1.00 per disc.

It doesn't have to be music CD's but DVD's and computer CD's that may need to be fixed.

I would not use stuff like car wax or toothpaste as they could end up scratching the disc worse or even leave a film on the disc that would keep it from working or mess up your player/drive.

I agree for the best job having a "professional" do it would be the best way to go but they do market CD repair kits with special fluids, cloths, etc to help clean and fix very minor scratches.

That's pretty cheap! :thumbsup: I didn't know that there is a service like that - I have also got a bunch of CDs with scratches at home - guess I'll look for a shop that can repair them.

Big 10-4 on that suggestion :clap::clap: It's the best fixer I've found.. aside from just transfering your music to .mp3 IPOD or mini-disc ( no skips, no scratching!)

Actually that is more of a cleaner than a resurfacer. You can get the same results with just the cleaning solution and cloth. For scratches, it takes a bit more. I suggest for cleaning your disks, try a ShamWow. :D

This may be what you are thinking of.

YouTube - How to Remove Scratches From Any DVD

There are plenty other suggestions on there also. Just don't be like my buddy. Someone told him that if you set the cd on fire for a second, and then put the fire out, it would like melt the scratches out or something. He burnt up a couple cds finding out it doesn't work.

Now that looks like it works.....and if it dont, that dont put me out much of anything except the baking soda. I can make a peanut butter and toothpaste sandwich. =) i will have to try that....will report back to you what happens....

Just don't be like my buddy. Someone told him that if you set the cd on fire for a second, and then put the fire out, it would like melt the scratches out or something. He burnt up a couple cds finding out it doesn't work.

Sounds like another installment of "Cooking With Rev." :lol2:

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I've heard of peanut butter, tooth paste, windex, and other things for cleaning CDs. Me personally, I would have to pass on that. I couldn't see myself spreading out peanut butter on a CD. :lol:
I think I would have to either replace the CD, or get it cleaned professionally.

That's a good instruction video! I'll try it out this weekend and let you know if I was successful :roll3:

Yeah, I tried peanut butter once and it took a long, long time to wipe it all off the cd.

Read the comments and watch the response videos. The consensus is that it doesn't work.

I can also tell you from experience- If you use Printable CD's or DVD's and you mess up the label printing-- you CAN NOT take laqer thinner/paint thinner and clean the fresh ink off-- the dvd reacts very badly to such!