Repairing scratched CDs |
Repairing scratched CDs |
 Jul 22 2002, 11:43
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Does anybody have experience from repairing scratched cd:s? There are a few repair-kits available, but are they really doing their job? The cd:s I would be happy to play/copy are not very badly scratched, but some scratches are deep enough to make EAC (with accurate stream/c2) lose the sync.
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Jan 12 2004, 19:37
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Don't use the Fellowes scratch repair kit. While it may work for deep gouges (I have yet to find out), it does nothing for CD's which are in generally poor condition, as I found out with my "The Matrix: Music From The Motion Picture" music CD.
It will look like it has repaired the CD, but on close inspection seems to dull it a bit. So, if I were you I'd avoid the stuff. On the other hand, it works wonders for a scratched watch face. 
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Emanuel Repairing scratched CDs Jul 22 2002, 11:43
kennedyb4 Hi. I have repaired probably over 100 cd's by now.... Jul 22 2002, 13:01 fewtch You can also do a search for Novus plastic polish,... Jul 22 2002, 13:07
mickel QUOTE (fewtch @ Jul 22 2002, 04:07 AM)You can... Aug 10 2004, 08:06 Emanuel For my lightly scratched cd:s, I ran down to a loc... Jul 22 2002, 19:58 mijj I've seen a reference to these on a different mess... Jul 25 2002, 17:16 n68 yup...
i have had good experience with toth past... Aug 4 2002, 15:37 john33 In the UK, we have an automotive product called 'T... Aug 4 2002, 15:46 frozenspeed There's this store by where I live in Vermont, Dow... Aug 4 2002, 16:38 asral Hi,
I repair them with a hadheld small butane tor... Aug 4 2002, 17:14 Halcyon See this thread at EAC forum for my test results:
... Aug 12 2002, 21:57 asral Hi,
How do you polish a CDR without getting the d... Aug 12 2002, 22:21 Cygnus X1 Another suggestion would be to try ~1500-grit rubb... Aug 12 2002, 23:18 Pio2001 Hi, Halcyon !
Nice to see you, I was just wonderin... Aug 12 2002, 23:39 KAMiKAZOW Use a polishing machine. If you know an optician, ... Aug 13 2002, 00:11 Oge_user Maybe you can try to extract the tracks from a cd-... Aug 27 2002, 19:03 fireballuk2001 QUOTE (john33 @ Aug 4 2002 - 02:46 PM)In the ... Jan 9 2003, 00:31 ChS I've been using several different things for C... Jan 9 2003, 01:28 Personne Automotive liquid buffing compound works real nice... Jan 9 2003, 18:14 afreeman Been storing your CDs in a box of rocks?
First, e... Jan 9 2003, 19:29 mtkversion I've read that Brasso metal polish works well ... Jan 10 2003, 19:59 Canar QUOTE (kennedyb4 @ Jul 22 2002 - 04:01 AM)Hi.... Jan 14 2003, 05:29 CRasch We have a Industrial CD Repair Unit here at Fresno... Jan 14 2003, 07:19 boojum Going back eons, I remember that the German metal ... Aug 10 2003, 20:47 nbv4 I just rub some turtle wax on the play side, let i... Aug 12 2003, 03:45 gooned If I get a CD that has a read or sync errors using... Aug 12 2003, 04:49 MagentaMSI QUOTE (gooned @ Aug 11 2003, 11:49 PM)If I ge... Jun 1 2005, 05:44 outscape some toothpastes work, but you have to know which ... Aug 13 2003, 05:36 Infrared-Archer Side note I did not get any good results with colg... Aug 13 2003, 09:37 Fungus Many thanks you guys! My totally Mad cd colelc... Aug 25 2003, 15:49 westgroveg Can anyone explain (in detail) the tooth paste scr... Jan 11 2004, 07:42 rmoody This is so cool to read all the different methods ... Jan 11 2004, 08:50 QuantumKnot QUOTE (Oge_user @ Aug 28 2002, 04:03 AM)Maybe... Jan 14 2004, 13:20 RaWShadow Try some of this stuff
http://www.cdfreaks.com/new... Jan 14 2004, 14:09 DreamTactix291 QUOTE (QuantumKnot @ Jan 14 2004, 07:20 AM)QU... Aug 10 2004, 08:22 Never_Again I'm willing to bet that the brand name makes a... Aug 13 2004, 18:25 DonP With the long list of solutions, they all boil dow... Jun 1 2005, 12:35 ATWindsor QUOTE (DonP @ Jun 1 2005, 03:35 AM)With the l... Jun 1 2005, 13:15 jaybeee QUOTE (DonP @ Jun 1 2005, 12:35 PM)In a pinch... Jun 1 2005, 13:23 DonP QUOTE (jaybeee @ Jun 1 2005, 07:23 AM)
Maybe ... Jun 1 2005, 13:51 beto sorry, I don't want to hijack this thread and ... Jun 1 2005, 14:09 kotrtim QUOTE i have had good experience with toth paste..... Jun 1 2005, 18:26 teleguise Well seing this thread is alive and kicking in 200... Aug 10 2005, 21:22 callmeace I found that 'spitting' saliva on scratche... Oct 2 2005, 06:10 ConCave Use Brasso i had over 20 cds that were strached to... Oct 16 2005, 16:16 odyssey Has anyone tried the Disc Repair Pro Kit or even k... Aug 29 2006, 12:10 Rivers1080p QUOTE (odyssey @ Aug 29 2006, 13:10) Has ... Sep 6 2006, 17:25 odyssey QUOTE (Rivers1080p @ Sep 6 2006, 18:25) I... Sep 6 2006, 21:54 Eli Try this thread, its a bit newwer:
Review: CD Rep... Sep 6 2006, 23:10 greynol Toothpaste and turtlewax gets the job done a hellu... Sep 6 2006, 23:17 bhoar QUOTE (greynol @ Sep 6 2006, 18:17) Tooth... Sep 7 2006, 00:21 rudefyet I have a can of Brasso, but I can't get good r... Sep 7 2006, 01:54 odyssey QUOTE (bhoar @ Sep 7 2006, 01:21) QUOTE (... Sep 7 2006, 08:20 bhoar QUOTE (odyssey @ Sep 7 2006, 03:20) I... Sep 7 2006, 08:38 odyssey I went down to a local store asking for the DiscDr... Sep 15 2006, 09:09 pepoluan All: Do you think the information in this thread i... Sep 15 2006, 12:52 Never_Again Yes, under the "Urban folklore" heading.... Oct 5 2006, 03:58 teh roxxors I apply Brasso with a piece of T-shirt. It's ... Dec 27 2006, 01:46 krabapple QUOTE (teh roxxors @ Dec 26 2006, 19:46) ... Jan 5 2007, 07:33 bhoar QUOTE (krabapple @ Jan 5 2007, 01:33) You... Jan 6 2007, 19:36 krabapple QUOTE (bhoar @ Jan 6 2007, 13:36) QUOTE (... Jan 6 2007, 23:20 bhoar QUOTE (krabapple @ Jan 6 2007, 17:20) The... Jan 8 2007, 08:13 janger I got pretty good at this a few years ago and ppl ... Dec 27 2006, 04:19 maggior I restored some really scratched up CDs from the l... Dec 27 2006, 06:38 teh roxxors Yeah, I've "ruined" discs with tooth... Dec 28 2006, 22:53 cableguy had anybody tried to repair dvd's using these ... Dec 28 2006, 23:22 bhoar QUOTE (cableguy @ Dec 28 2006, 17:22) had... Dec 29 2006, 03:13 bhoar Lastly, you can probably use one of these devices ... Dec 29 2006, 04:00 teh roxxors You know, you are being ripped off paying good cas... Jan 5 2007, 00:22 cableguy I tried repairing a lightly scrached dvd this even... Jan 5 2007, 03:48 Eli As I stated in my other thread (link above) the Di... Jan 6 2007, 20:24 mynamehere Just to let people know there are CD and DVD repai... Mar 5 2007, 19:39 sephiroth56068 i figured out a way to fix cd's and cd roms th... Nov 5 2007, 05:18 teh roxxors Well, I can't seem to edit my old post, so I... May 29 2010, 22:06 teh roxxors A little update:
Staples stopped carrying Scratch... Jul 2 2010, 03:49 greynol I certainly wasn't the first to mention it, bu... Jul 2 2010, 06:37 Seeking_Lossless Greynol, seriously toothpaste like Colgate will wo... Jul 2 2010, 08:45 teh roxxors Toothpastes have mild abrasives designed to polish... Jul 2 2010, 14:17 Eli QUOTE (teh roxxors @ Jul 2 2010, 09:17) A... Jul 6 2010, 04:00 teh roxxors QUOTE (Eli @ Jul 5 2010, 22:00) QUOTE (te... Jul 11 2010, 13:22 Seeking_Lossless and how did you know your CD has been ruined? The ... Jul 2 2010, 14:21 teh roxxors EAC wouldn't rip them without error. Jul 2 2010, 14:30 bilbo For years here in the US, they have been advertisi... Jul 2 2010, 16:26 greynol QUOTE (teh roxxors @ Jul 2 2010, 06:17) A... Jul 2 2010, 18:17 Speedskater QUOTE (bilbo @ Jul 2 2010, 11:26) For yea... Jul 6 2010, 18:18 Meeko I'm with greynol - a toothpaste like Colgate h... Jul 11 2010, 17:12 |
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