Cd repair
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Topic: Cd repair
Posted By: Failcore
Subject: Cd repair
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 02:18
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Alas, I have a few cd's with scratches on them deep enough (or oriented in the right direction) to cause skips in some of my cd players. I have used a CD Repair kit w/ a resurfacing wheel in the past, and was not terribly impressed. Some cds weren't fixed, even though the scratches weren't bad, and it made the cd look horrible. I recently heard that brasso (metal polish) works pretty well on cd scratches and scuffs. However, before I take brasso and a rag to my cd collection, I was wondering if I could get some verification from some of you guys, as to whether it works or not. Some of the rare stuff I have is quite expensive!!! So, if you could lend me your opinions and maybe the proper technique to use, I would really appreciate it. Thanks. |
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 02:45
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I've also heard rumours of toothpaste doing the job, but don't quote me on that, it could be an urban legend. -------------   
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Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 03:45
I was in that situation before and a friend of me told to rip the cd with the ''windows media player ''.after you rip it you have the cd in the librery play list .them i burm i cd and made a copy of that ,and you know what.it sounds just like new .it may be work in your case  ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 03:54
| There are a lot of audiophile solutions existing for CD reparing in case of light scratches. Having tried none of them, i can't pronounce myself. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 08:39
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I use a service called Scratchbusters to repair my sons' PS2 discs. You just send the disc off in the post with a cheque (I think it's £3.50) and they send it back. It's worked every time so far, I assume it would work for CDs as well. Obviously there is some risk of the disc getting lost in the post...
Personally I wouldn't put Brasso on my CDs.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 08:48
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I guess if the Cd polishing machine was not enough to fix the problem, it is that the scratches are deep enough.
The best thing you can do, IMHO is take care of the discs so as to not have them scratch.
Circular scratches are most likely coming from cleaning them in a circular manner (that's a no-no) or in some case playing the things in a dirty compartment of the player (sand grain inside your discman for ex.)
i certainly would not put anything polishing metal on anything plastic, either
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Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 08:53
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This is what I do:
1. Wash the disc in warm water and allow to dry in the air.
2. Spray the disc with CD cleaner and put into a 'JML CD Clinic' , a little box with rotating pads available from Woolworths.
3. Carry out the spray and clean three times with the JML clinic.
Hope this works for you.
PS Very fine abrasive compounds will polish the disc, but may leave traces behind which can be picked up by subsequent CDs or the laser reader.
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 08:59
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If you don't mind a CD copy go to EAC - www.exactaudiocopy.com
and download the copier. You scan the original cd. It then rips the repaired copy to your pc you can then burn the repaired copy ------------- 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 12:51
I tried it once. The CD started to smell like toothpaste and the scratches were still there.  |
Geck0 wrote:Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 19:55
I had a PS2 game that didn't work quite right due to scratches, and I cleaned it with toothpaste, and haven't had problems since. -------------   |
Posted By: Failcore
Date Posted: March 20 2007 at 16:38
Thanks for the tips. I try some stuf on this crappy Def Lepard cd (really, 1 armed drummer  ). I let you guys know what works best, and what destroys it utterly.
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: March 20 2007 at 17:31
Make sure to save the destructive method for last - that way you'll only have to ruin one disc to try all proposed solutions  ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Failcore
Date Posted: March 22 2007 at 02:22
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Well, I have some results. The Brasso works fairly well on light to light-medium scratches, the toothpaste works on light scratches. I think I'm just gonna see if we have a professional cd buffer machine at work. Those do the job anytime the actual data is not damaged. They are what services like Scratchbusters use. The bad part is that to own the cheapest kind, you can expect to shell out 1500 USD. Judging by the audio equipment thread, however, that may not be much of an impasse for some of the really core audiophiles. If work doesn't have one all I lost was Def Leppard and The Guess Who, so I'm not shedding too many tears. Ps: They changed the formula of Brasso to make it a cream instead of a liquid. Let me tell you, it was a whole lot easier to use than old kind I had to polish my belt buckle with in ROTC. |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: March 29 2007 at 22:55
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My local video rental store has a buffer machine for all the DvD's that thier customers abuse. Perhaps one in your area has one and will let you use it if there is not one at your workplace.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 30 2007 at 05:00
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I had a horrible scratch on a Thule album - and they are rare! So, from another forum, I tried their recommendation - car polish.
It worked - plays beautifully now - it's left some secondary scratches but, crucially, plays as new.
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