Some record stores also offer a CD resurfacing service... my local
store I think charges 3 or 4 dollars per disc...
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chris wicks
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np: mu-ziq "urmur bile trax vol. 1 & 2"
---Jon Logan <jon@criticalpath.net> wrote:
quoted 4 lines I imagine that anything that would change the refraction index of the
>
>
> I imagine that anything that would change the refraction index of the
> plastic (i.e. wax, sanding the plastic down) would cause more
problems.
quoted 3 lines According to industry specs, a CD with a paper-punch sized hole in it
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> 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
quoted 1 line enough to extrapolate over this amount of missing data, but there
> enough to extrapolate over this amount of missing data, but there
are some
quoted 3 lines good ones out there.
> good ones out there.
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> A solution, then, is to buy a high quality CD player with excellent
error
quoted 13 lines correction. Unfortunately, this is expensive.
> correction. Unfortunately, this is expensive.
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> Many home CD repair methods sound like voodoo to me.
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> Please correct me if I'm wrong, tho!
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> 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
quoted 3 lines out?
> >>out?
> >>
> >>I made the mistake of loaning a few favourites to a friend for a
party,
quoted 1 line only to have a couple returned unplayably scratched on the read
> >>only to have a couple returned unplayably scratched on the read
side.
quoted 4 lines aaargh! :-(
> >>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
quoted 2 lines (thinly), let dry, and rub off with a CD-cloth.. If the scratches are
> >(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
quoted 13 lines car-wax treatment but I have not been quite that brave.
> >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
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