How to restore scratched CD's?

[Tired Accord]

Well I did a small search but didn't find anything. Any ideas on how? I did the toothpaste thing - but that's only good for very light scratches. The scratches are a bit more severe. I'm thinking about 800 grade sand paper? Meguiars scratch polish?

[tristanrules]

If you can get NOVOS plastic polish, its the best!

Some people recommend toothpaste also

[Tired Accord]

Wah about normal No. 7 polishing compound?

[tristanrules]

Try it on ah ole cd, make sure it doh leave scratches.

[casper]

jed...it have thing selling in them cd stores for this purpose...check them out

[nareshseep]

If you CAN use winamp effectively, use the cd reader plugin(check winamp website) the plugin re reads the track more than once as opposed to once in a cd player, then send the output to a PCM wav file, you can then burn these to a cd after. Repaired my scratched cds this way already

Naresh

[videsht]

u could just rip de song of with any rippin program and de burn it to ah new cd

[cinco]

meguiars plastx does wonders

[boom]

actually the substance used is only half of the process, you gotta use a soft cloth and move from the center to the edge of the cd rather than haveing to use the normal technique of goin in circles

[katastrophic]

prestone car polish works good

[nervewrecker]

u could just rip de song of with any rippin program and de burn it to ah new cd

wha if is an mp3 cd ?

[boom]

rip it normal....

[DJ Q]

Best solution:

Download limewire/soulseek/ares (NOT Kazaa <level virus)
Install the program of your choice
Enter the title(s) of the song(s) from the damaged disc
Download a song from the list that comes up
Buy an mp3 player

problem solved

[shivanandrs]

Use brasso it works best...
Fixes fairly deep scratches too. U should try this before u use anything else.

[boom]

eh can any of those wrk on my fone face?

[Tired Accord]

eh can any of those wrk on my fone face?

ah guess it depends if the phone face is glass or plastic....If is glass - you could use No. 7 Polishing compound....I use this on meh windscreen without problems. If you believe the face is plastic, then you could use any of the other methods described above.....I guess.....