Thread: How to repair scratched cd's cheap!!!

Originally Posted by mozerate

To tell the truth, I have used a sandpaper not emery paper. I thought that this is essentially the same. While reading some info on the web (Wikipedia, etc.), I start thinking that the materials may be different. The sandpaper appears to be good for use if you want to take off more of surface; the emery paper (or cloth) appears to be better for polishing. I have no clue what real differences are between those if you want to reconstruct your CD. Any other opinions or suggestions would be helpful.

I know that the instrument women use on their fingernails is called an emery board, basically the same except that the paper would seemingly give you better versatility for shining a cd. I definitely think that the Meguiar's PlastX is a vital piece of the puzzle when doing this though. The tutorial also states that when done you will see very light scratches on the surface that are too small to affect playback, but you get get rid of these for aesthetic reasons by using finer grit paper.

It seems that I was not following the instructions seemingly. I will try to repair may damaged CD again when I have more time. I will post the results for the others to review. Thanks lastop41!

Originally Posted by mozerate

It seems that I was not following the instructions seemingly. I will try to repair may damaged CD again when I have more time. I will post the results for the others to review. Thanks lastop41!

Yeah I had a feeling. People, myself included, tend to skim through instructions too quickly thinking they know more than the person who wrote the instructions. lol I'm sure once you follow them step by step you'll have yourself a shiny new cd. Good luck:)

WOW, I,LL GIVETHIS A SHOT, I,VE GOT A CD REPAIR KITT AND SO FAR? NO LUCK!

Not a bad tutorial.. I've had products like that in the past with no success. No offense, but the price of CD-Rs I rather just reburn it.

Excellent tutorial, it works!!

But you can also use only water if you want to remove oil or something like that on CD.

Originally Posted by gblaze

But you can also use only water if you want to remove oil or something like that on CD.

But water doesn't remove scratches;)

Just use urine and a nice clean towel you guys....I heard it works great from multiple people