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From:
chris wicks
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Date:
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:09:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Help: Scratched CD's...
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Some record stores also offer a CD resurfacing service... my local store I think charges 3 or 4 dollars per disc... === chris wicks cwicks@rocketmail.com http://members.xoom.com/cwicks 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> > 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. > > 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. > > > 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
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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quoted 4 lines Jonathan Logan Work: 415 543-2800> Jonathan Logan Work: 415 543-2800 > UI Droog Home: 415 487-0424 > CriticalPath, Inc. Mobile: 415 902-8079 >
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