I went to play a particular CD yesterday and found it didn't play. I then discovered some serious scratches on the silver side, so my little 2 year old boy has been here then. I used a soft cloth and Autosol metal polish which removed the scratches but left a dull cloudy finish. It plays OK now, but I was wondering if I can get it back to shiny again, or if these "repair kits" that I've seen really work. Any experiences?
Posts: 5458 | Location: just around the corner actually | Registered: Wed 22 January 2003
i have used turtle (car) wax in the past with no ill effects. No quite sure what that would do to your disc, but you may already have some in the garage.
A couple of suggestions: first of all, the best thing I've found for cleaning CDs is Mr Sheen; it is anti-static, doesn't smeer, and makes the playing surface very very clean. I think some scratches tend to disrupt playing becuase they get filled with shit, which a good polish can remove.
I have "repaired" serveral CDs by copying them onto new blanks using a good CD copier/writer. (The Panasonic thingy in my computer works a treat.) The computer seems to be able to read discs my hi-fi player can't. Quite a few old CDs of mine sound better when I copy them in this way. (Some old CDs are a funny shape, and I think with the new blanks being a more perfect spinning mass, and having nice clean playing surfaces...)
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Posts: 1942 | Location: the moral low-ground | Registered: Sat 09 October 2004
How about T-Cut? I've never used it on a CD myself, but was advised by Naim HQ to use it on the scratched lid of a used CDI that a friend of mine bought. It did that very well.
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