CD cleaner/\Buffer

Ak_Man4Jesus · 10-07-2009, 12:09 AM

What is a good Cd cleaner\/buffer? I got some Cds that got scratched and I want to try to clean them up.
do them things realy work?
Thanks

Ethan.Bassist. · 10-07-2009, 01:43 AM

Toothpaste. I'm 100% serious. Just take a damp cloth put a little toothpaste on it and gently rub the cd in a circular motion. It totally works. Because toothpaste is a minor abrasive. Well, I guess you don't need to know WHY it works...but it does work. Good luck!

**Sean.thomson** · 10-07-2009, 08:05 AM

Well first hold it up to the light. Do you see little pinholes of light coming through? No? Good. Yes? Bad. If you see pinholes that means that the data in that one are is gone.

And for the scratches, toothpaste does work pretty well. Just google it.

Or you might try taking it to a record shop (if there are still any in your town) and see if they offer a service. Usually costs no more than 5 bucks. At the record shop I worked at we would send them off to a former employee who had these big wet-sander lookin' thingys and he would shave off a few layers of the coating that got out most scratches (except for the uber-deep ones). Also we had this ghetto sander in the back of the store that worked pretty well on light/medium scratches. It was just a drill with a cloth buffer attached to it. Had to be careful though. The CDs would get really hot (hot enough that I got burned by them a couple of times) and sometimes warp.

Let me just say this though, I am in no way suggesting gong out and buying a buffer and go to town on them. If you go that rout, research it a bit first.

**redbaron** · 10-07-2009, 11:31 AM

gamestop/gamecrazy will surface cd's for you as well, and it's pretty inexpensive.

Ak_Man4Jesus · 10-07-2009, 02:00 PM

Tooth Paste huh? Well I think I might have a tube of that laying around. I will give at a try.
Thanks

Ak_Man4Jesus · 10-07-2009, 10:15 PM

C:\Documents and Settings\Daniel JR\...7\IMG_0622.JPG
you mean like that?
that is after a tooth paste treatment and it does work now!

Ak_Man4Jesus · 10-07-2009, 10:18 PM

that did not work. Let me down load the pic.

Any way point is that the tooth paste really works!

**DaGeek** · 10-07-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Ak_Man4Jesus

C:\Documents and Settings\Daniel JR\...7\IMG_0622.JPG
you mean like that?
that is after a tooth paste treatment and it does work now!

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Ak_Man4Jesus · 10-07-2009, 10:30 PM

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You are going to have to explane that to me. i have no idea what you are talking about.

Ak_Man4Jesus · 10-07-2009, 10:32 PM

That is the CD I tested the tooth paste on. It works now with no skippingm and befor it would not even turn on.
The pic was taken after the tooth paste treatment.

**Sean.thomson** · 10-07-2009, 10:34 PM

Do you use cases?

Ak_Man4Jesus · 10-07-2009, 10:37 PM

That was one of my moms Cds. after the first time she takes it out it never goes in again. for the Cds I like I got a rack it my locker that does have a lock on it. My CDs stay in the cases unless they are in the player.