Dear Martha Stewart,
is there anyway to remove fairly deep scratches from a musical compact disc?
Try tooth paste, and water…i havent done this my self so i can tell you for sure but hey its worth a try…
There are thingies that you can buy for $20-30 that really work like magic, and will clean just about any of your CDs up. It seems like a lot of money, but damn, it worked really good. My brother bought one, and it cleaned up a CD that I thought was gone for sure. It has multiple uses too, not jsut a one time thing, you can use it over and over.
get a bottle of that pink stuff they sell at cd stores. it’s only like $10.
The toothpaste and water thing really works, but you have to be careful! Use a soft cloth- like a cloth diaper. Starting at the outer rim of the CD, work your way to the centre using little strokes. Don’t go in little circles, or you may create more problems. I did this with an old CD that I felt I had nothing to lose on, and it worked! I was pretty impressed.
My friend recently used chap stick on a heavily scratched Alanis Morissette CD.
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The lyrics were still jagged, but the music played normaly.
You live, you learn I guess.
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a lot of used cd stores (that i’ve seen) will repair a cd for you for like 2 or 3 bucks, which is a lot better than buying the whold damn $30 machine.
If the chapstick made your Alanis Morissette CD actually sound good it must be some pretty powerful shit.
Those little “CD Repair” kits are a ripoff. The more expensive ones probably work better, but I haven’t tried them personally.
For a cheaper version of those little kits with the bottles of pink stuff, buy a bottle of liquid Turtle Wax. You’ll get a LOT of it for about $3, and you can wax your car with it as well.
Belt sander.
A belt sander would probably work wonders on CD’s like The Back Street Boys and that worthless piece of $h-t Eminem.
Anyone ever try Armor-All…heard that it works.
> like a cloth diaper.
Yeah, the crap fills in the cracks, but it does smell up your player!
I’ve heard that if you smear a bit of Pledge on it and then buff it in it’ll fill up the scratch and make it like new. But for some reason every time I’m in a grocery store and see the price of Pledge I say “Ahh, screw it, I’ll just listen to the same cd’s I’ve been listening to all along”. I’ll fix them some other time…"
Aluminium mag wheel polish.