I have a huge collection of Audio CDs and movie DVDs and would treat them like GOD and kept them with lot of respect, but then when I had kids these CDs became their play toys. Although I was under supervision while they played with it, they caught a lot of surface scratches and some deep ones too.
So I looked into the internet and found some videos on how to clean it. I used them. Here are my ratings of each method that I tried.
1. Colgate tooth paste: (Not the gel) it worked well but still it was able to remove only the surface scratches. The deep ones still remained. By deep ones I mean those which make the player either skip tracks or Movies to freeze.
Result: 3/10
2. Car Liquid Wax polishes: This one worked well for a little time (2 days). The scratches came back. The wax polish only lasted for 2 days. My car wax does not need water for cleaning, hence just wiped it over the CD and removed the excess via cotton balls/soft cloth. When the polish was there the CD worked much better, but after 2 days it came back to the old state.
Result: 5/10
3. Chewing gum: (Not making this up) Found one video but had to watch it 2/3 times to understand how and make sure I did not screw up the CD. (The same method, use Banana Peel instead of Gum). Both these methods did not work at all, my guess is that the movie was well edited since, after the treatment the CDs in the movie were almost spotless and scratch free.
Result: 2/10
4. Finally I found one which worked wonders, its the Brasso technique. The only thing which we have to remember is to wipe it from the centre to the rim in a straight line rather than circular motion.
I guess that Brasso works well on old Brass/Bronze items, I tried it (Saw the video, not claiming my idea). It worked wonders, I tried it with an almost unplayable CD and it returned to playable state. The polish also stays for a long time.
Result: 7/10.
Having said this I would also advice not to use those which are brand new CD with single scratches, I lost one using the toothpaste method. All the above works well with little old and badly scratched CDs since it doesnt hurt us if we lose the medium completely. Also I found that too much of water is also not good for CD/DVD.
NOTE: Do not use air/air blowers to dry the medium, it has to be left in a cool place to dry. Not even reflective sun-light.
So my question now, Is there any other better method for me to remove those scratches from for those CD/DVD which have miniscule scratches (say 85% good) .
Folks do let me know, I have a few lined up in my collection for repair which have few not so deep scratches.
Thanks
So I looked into the internet and found some videos on how to clean it. I used them. Here are my ratings of each method that I tried.
1. Colgate tooth paste: (Not the gel) it worked well but still it was able to remove only the surface scratches. The deep ones still remained. By deep ones I mean those which make the player either skip tracks or Movies to freeze.
Result: 3/10
2. Car Liquid Wax polishes: This one worked well for a little time (2 days). The scratches came back. The wax polish only lasted for 2 days. My car wax does not need water for cleaning, hence just wiped it over the CD and removed the excess via cotton balls/soft cloth. When the polish was there the CD worked much better, but after 2 days it came back to the old state.
Result: 5/10
3. Chewing gum: (Not making this up) Found one video but had to watch it 2/3 times to understand how and make sure I did not screw up the CD. (The same method, use Banana Peel instead of Gum). Both these methods did not work at all, my guess is that the movie was well edited since, after the treatment the CDs in the movie were almost spotless and scratch free.
Result: 2/10
4. Finally I found one which worked wonders, its the Brasso technique. The only thing which we have to remember is to wipe it from the centre to the rim in a straight line rather than circular motion.
I guess that Brasso works well on old Brass/Bronze items, I tried it (Saw the video, not claiming my idea). It worked wonders, I tried it with an almost unplayable CD and it returned to playable state. The polish also stays for a long time.
Result: 7/10.
Having said this I would also advice not to use those which are brand new CD with single scratches, I lost one using the toothpaste method. All the above works well with little old and badly scratched CDs since it doesnt hurt us if we lose the medium completely. Also I found that too much of water is also not good for CD/DVD.
NOTE: Do not use air/air blowers to dry the medium, it has to be left in a cool place to dry. Not even reflective sun-light.
So my question now, Is there any other better method for me to remove those scratches from for those CD/DVD which have miniscule scratches (say 85% good) .
Folks do let me know, I have a few lined up in my collection for repair which have few not so deep scratches.
Thanks