Scratched CD's

[Rye Oil Ltd]

It is getting to the stage where some of my older CD's are scratched beyond belief. Anyone got any hints or tips on how to get rid of the scratches?

[Gardenmac]

Try using the glass cleaner, the green spray stuff sometimes sorts it, depends how bad the scratch is!

[Joe Newton]

Pop em in the freezer

 

 

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[Agent-Arb]

Brasso. Wadding not liquid. Polishes scratches out.

 

 

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[bellringer]

Toothpaste works

[Treewolf]

Brasso (as above) or Solvol Autosol polish used carefully can recover badly scratched CDs and DVDs, provided the scratch is on the shiney side. Scratches on the label side are usually unrepairable and the disc may not be recoverable.

[Robbyrasta]

I had a play station disc that was scratched and the game wouldn't work, so out of desperation I rubbed it on a rough carpet (a lot), the result was a dics that was covered in scratches, but a game that worked.....

[fergusonforestry]

some places will sort out scratched disc sure someone said hmv (if you can find one!) I tend to make copies so it doesn't matter so much when they're rattling round the van/cab

[muttley9050]

I had some success with tcut. But it's a bit messy.

 

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[bolthole]

Try copying them. If the disc is so scratched that it won't copy then get the scratches polished out... our local video/games/phone shop does it for a pound a disc.

 

Like has been already said, copy it when it's still good and put the original away - play the copy.