how do I take sacrches out of cd's?

Answer 1

someone told me car wax works,haven't tried it though

Answer 2

being that I am in plastics and have been for 20+ yrs, the disc is made out of polycarbonate-(PC). Between the sandwich of PC their is a thin aluminum (AL) almost like foil that has the information music or data on it. The various items on the market called scratch removers will do the job by filling in the abrasions, but long term as with any fix, your CD will still be tainted. The sandwich configuration of the CD 2-PC sheets with a sandwich AL between has an engineering flaw built for failure in each CD. During the sandwiching process there is no argon or other oxygen/moisture inhibitor added so that the AL would not eventually get pitted by oxidation. Small microscopic bead of water build up on the metallic information disc AL foil material thus causing skips on the CD, The life cycle of a CD is around 5-10yrs at most.

Answer 3

More than likely you can't take the scratches out completely, but you can often make the CD playable by trying a few things. By the way, when doing any of the below techniques, ALWAYS rub the disc surface from the center area out to the edge...don't rub in a circular motion.
1. Using dish detergent and warm water, clean from the inside to the rim using your fingertips, then rinse thoroughly, dry thoroughly and try the disc again.
2. Use warm water and a bit of common toothpaste in the same manner, rinse, then dry thoroughly and try again.
3. Using the product called "Brasso", (a brass cleaning product), apply the Brasso to the CD with a soft cloth, again, from the inside to the rim, and then with another cloth rub the surface from the inside to the rim to make the disc shiny again, and then try the CD again.
(By the way, this also works with DVD's.) Good luck.

Answer 4

You can buy a scratch remover/CD polisher kit at places like Best Buy and Circuit City or you can take the CD to places like Music Recyclery or other CD stores and they offer a CD cleaning service.

Answer 5

don't know tried a machine that my niece got 4 Christmas be carefull with the toothpaste tho got some on my Linkin Park Reanimation CD and it took the silver coating off and now it will not play that track at all !!!!!!!!!! and the machine was useless 2 !

Answer 6

I use chrome polish or toothpaste. The trick is what you wipe it off with if you use any paper product it will make it worse. Use a microfiber cloth like you would use on a car"not the cheap ones".
or go get a disk re finisher for about $20.

Answer 7

Scrub for 4 hours with steel wool, then a belt sander for 20 minutes.

Answer 8

med. grit toothpast rub in a cicular motion and rinse w/cool water and dry w/velvety/soft cloth

Answer 9

either burn it over or try peanut butter or toothpaste these fill the scratches and let it run smoother.although burning works best

Answer 10

toothpase and a q-tip works really good!