From Chris Wicks Sent Thu, Jun 11th 1998, 06:09
From Chris Wicks Sent Thu, Jun 11th 1998, 06:09
Some record stores also offer a CD resurfacing service... my local store I think charges 3 or 4 dollars per disc... === chris wicks xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx http://members.xoom.com/cwicks np: mu-ziq "urmur bile trax vol. 1 & 2" ---Jon Logan <xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > > I imagine that anything that would change the refraction index of the > plastic (i.e. wax, sanding the plastic down) would cause more problems. > > According to industry specs, a CD with a paper-punch sized hole in it > should still play perfectly. Unfortunately, most CD players are not robust > enough to extrapolate over this amount of missing data, but there are some > good ones out there. > > A solution, then, is to buy a high quality CD player with excellent error > correction. Unfortunately, this is expensive. > > > Many home CD repair methods sound like voodoo to me. > > Please correct me if I'm wrong, tho! > > > > > At 4:29 PM +0000 6/10/98, Ernesto Ikerd wrote: > >>Can anyone advise me on getting rid of surface scratches on compact > >>disks? Are there any products available or any tricks to polishing marks > >>out? > >> > >>I made the mistake of loaning a few favourites to a friend for a party, > >>only to have a couple returned unplayably scratched on the read side. > >>aaargh! :-( > >As bad as this sounds, I have used car wax with a %50 success rate. > > > >If you get that green bottle 'Turtle Wax' instant stuff that you rub on > >(thinly), let dry, and rub off with a CD-cloth.. If the scratches are > >bad, Ive even heard of folx using ultra-fine grit sandpaper before the > >car-wax treatment but I have not been quite that brave. > > > >ernie > > > > > >Ernesto Ikerd, (817) 763-4795 > >Company Graphics, Dept 17 > >Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircaft Systems > >Fort Worth, Texas > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jonathan Logan Work: 415 543-2800 > UI Droog Home: 415 487-0424 > CriticalPath, Inc. Mobile: 415 902-8079 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com