My CD has scratches, is there a way I can get it to play properly?

Question

I've heard of toothpaste, peanut butter, jewelry cleaner, freezing it, and boiling it.

I don't have any time to go anywhere.
I have no plain white toothpaste.
I'm too scared to freeze, and especially boil it.

Help me, please!

-I do indeed have a CD burner, and I've tried to copy it - no such luck

-Again I say I.can.not.go.anywhere.

Answer 1

Brasso brass polish is best, but other types may work. Put some polish on a soft cloth and rub the CD from the center outward and back again. Do NOT rub in a circular motion. Buff extra hard on any circular scratches you see.

This will create tiny scratches in the direction your CD player can read through. The CD player cannot read through circular scratches.

Answer 2

If you have Brasso it works the best. However, its highly unlikely so that's something you might want to get for future reference. Here's some info on that: http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/scratches.html

to fix a scratched or scuffed compact disc, you'll need to lay the disc down on a soft, clean cloth. You'll need to gently polish the damage out of the plastic. There are several common products you probably have around your house that you can use. These include toothpaste, automobile polish, polish for silver or brass, and jewelry polish. You can even try using a dry tissue without any type of cleaner on it. All of these products, including the tissue, are mild abrasives.

Apply a drop or two of the cleaner you choose to use on a soft, clean cloth. Then, rub the cleaner on the damaged area of the compact disc. Make sure you rub the cloth towards the direction of the scratch or scuff. Keep rubbing until the damage is gone. And finally, finish fixing your scratched compact disc by wiping that entire side with a soft, clean cloth. Wipe around the perimeter of the disc, not back and forth across the tracks.

Answer 3

No real need for the toothpaste having to be plain white - as long as it is a regular toothpaste.
What matters is that there is a substance in it, thats meant to remove plague and that substance will work lsomewhat like liquid sandpaper.
Dont try freezing, boiling or the other stuff.
And maybe first try toothpaste on a CD you dont really need to see if it works for you.

Answer 4

Do you have a CD burner? I have a few that don't play properly, but when I created copies on the computer, the copies played fine.

Answer 5

Well i have heard that you can use regular hand soap.Just rub it on the back of the cd and then wipe it off with a wet paper towel.My friend does that to all of his cd's too.

Answer 6

Go to brookstone (the store) online and order the CD cleaner..it works a charm!<3 love u muah xox

Answer 7

They sell a kit that includes a spray and a plastic gizmo that you put your cd into and spin it around. I've never had a problem with it but if you want to fix your CD your going to have to go out and buy something to fix it with. These kits are inexpensive and they really work.

Answer 8

If you have any armor all spray, that works. Wipe gently with cloth in circular motion. If that doesn't work, you are stuck buying one of many CD repair kits.

Answer 9

Yeah bring it to a cd shop and they can clean it or you can buy this stuff to clean your cds dont wipe your cds off with anything besides 100 persent cotton

Answer 10

save whatever songs you have that are still playable on your hard disk, buy the rest from itunes or something and just burn urself another one...otherwise, get some toothpaste or freeze it...