whats a good way to get scratches out of cds?

[masterhassan]

im listening ot my beatles rubber soul album and its severely scratched, almost half the songs skip. i was thinking of using really fine sand paer softly in middle -outward stroking. but that will probably fuck it up. if nothing works ill jsut buy it again

[Guest doomgod12345]

snad paper what the fuck are u thinking!!! if u got a burner just copy the cd, i did that to a scratched up cd and the copy had no skiping it it. I also think there are kits out there for cd repair

[Lüt]

There are plenty of CD repair kits which actually do work quite well. A place like Office Depot and other computer-related stores should carry them. Another thing I've heard of that works is toothpaste. Just don't rub it in with a toothbrush, that's all.

[masterhassan]

doomgod12345 said:

snad paper what the fuck are u thinking!!! if u got a burner just copy the cd, i did that to a scratched up cd and the copy had no skiping it it. I also think there are kits out there for cd repair

no shit it was a dumb idea, but you cant burn a scratched cd, my friend tried it with my load cd...thts my favorite album and there was never a scratch on it until he borrowed it, then he sadi it was there when i gave it to him adn i was listenin gto it just a half hour before. now teh last song the oulaw torn has this huge ass skip. ...by the way how does the toothpast work? ive heard of it

[Jon]

I've heard that rubbing washing liquid gently into the scratches gives the CD enough life for one copy of it.. if anyone finds a foolproof method please tell me, I've got a friends Die by the Sword with deep marks in it and I really want to play that game again :(

[Peter Heinemann]

You could try that kind of paste which bikers uses to polish motorcycle-helmet visors. But first try it out on a vaste CD!
BTW: My Dark Forces CD (which I bought used) looks like Katerina Witt has performed some ice skating trainings on it - but it still works.